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Feb. 5th, 2018 12:28 pmI wound up getting an order on Thursday night, so all my wonderful plans to work on my coat and do my taxes on Friday went completely out the window. But luckily, I had enough of the right colors in my stash that I was able to do the whole order without going to Joanns first, so I was able to complete that and get it shipped out on Friday.
Yesterday evening was my only other sewing time this weekend, since this was the first weekend of performances for Oliver. But I did finish cutting my sleeves out, and set them (and they look so smooth - I usually avoid fitted sleeves, but am quite pleased with these). I also applied interfacing to the lining facing, since I had somehow skipped that step. Then I started playing around with hood shapes. I haven't mocked it up yet, but I think I literally tried on every hooded garment I own in order to figure out what shape I want. I want something big, so that it harkens back to something historical, but I also need it to be functional, and I don't want to do the 18th c cartridge-pleated back. And it seems like a lot of modern coat hoods are three-piece hoods. But I think I'm going to test a two-piece first, then try the three-piece if that doesn't work.
The other thing I'm trying to figure out is that if I do the hood shape I'm testing first, I have enough wool left for three pieces. I need four, if I want to use the same fabric as the inside of the hood. I have another blue wool that is just slightly different that I could use, but when you put the two side by side, you can definitely see the difference. However, I think that even if I just put one line of trim (maybe faux fur?) around the edge, it would give enough of a separation that you can't tell the difference. Or I could piece the inside of the hood. Or do a totally different lining.
Anyway, once I figure out the hood, I can get the whole rest of the coat assembled, hemmed, and add the buttons. I don't have rehearsals this week, so I'm hoping I'll finish it all soon.
In other not-so-good news, one of the switches in my breaker box kept flipping off yesterday, even with nothing plugged in, so I think my budget for Europe just took a huge hit. I'm just hoping it's something that an electrician can fix quickly, because I don't think I can afford more than an hour! (I mean, I can't even afford that, really, but I'm going to have to, unfortunately). It's $220 just for one hour! :(
Yesterday evening was my only other sewing time this weekend, since this was the first weekend of performances for Oliver. But I did finish cutting my sleeves out, and set them (and they look so smooth - I usually avoid fitted sleeves, but am quite pleased with these). I also applied interfacing to the lining facing, since I had somehow skipped that step. Then I started playing around with hood shapes. I haven't mocked it up yet, but I think I literally tried on every hooded garment I own in order to figure out what shape I want. I want something big, so that it harkens back to something historical, but I also need it to be functional, and I don't want to do the 18th c cartridge-pleated back. And it seems like a lot of modern coat hoods are three-piece hoods. But I think I'm going to test a two-piece first, then try the three-piece if that doesn't work.
The other thing I'm trying to figure out is that if I do the hood shape I'm testing first, I have enough wool left for three pieces. I need four, if I want to use the same fabric as the inside of the hood. I have another blue wool that is just slightly different that I could use, but when you put the two side by side, you can definitely see the difference. However, I think that even if I just put one line of trim (maybe faux fur?) around the edge, it would give enough of a separation that you can't tell the difference. Or I could piece the inside of the hood. Or do a totally different lining.
Anyway, once I figure out the hood, I can get the whole rest of the coat assembled, hemmed, and add the buttons. I don't have rehearsals this week, so I'm hoping I'll finish it all soon.
In other not-so-good news, one of the switches in my breaker box kept flipping off yesterday, even with nothing plugged in, so I think my budget for Europe just took a huge hit. I'm just hoping it's something that an electrician can fix quickly, because I don't think I can afford more than an hour! (I mean, I can't even afford that, really, but I'm going to have to, unfortunately). It's $220 just for one hour! :(