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Mar. 2nd, 2021 12:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theladyrebeccaThe teagown is starting to really look like something! Over the weekend, did all the buttons/buttonholes, and I drafted the sleeves and got them attached (puffed sleeves are such a joy - mockup was almost perfect on the first try!). And then yesterday, the final trim option arrived, and naturally the one that worked best was the one I received last Wednesday (the 3/16" medium blue velvet ribbon). *sigh* Anyway, I started putting the trim on - I have one sleeve's worth completely done (and that sleeve hemmed), plus the collar is done, and I have 1 of the 3 rows on the yoke done. I also pressed and pinned the hem into place.
So I'm hoping that today and tomorrow I can basically finish everything besides the pockets. They are supposed to be some kind of welt pocket, but I'm kind of afraid of welt pockets. So I'm going to have to do some experimenting/practicing there, and if it really comes down to it, I can always do patch pockets instead.
I'd like to have it completely finished by Thursday night, but we shall see. My friend Emily and I have decided that, since our birthdays are four days apart in a few weeks, we're going to pick up a tea spread from our favorite tearoom and have a birthday tea, wearing teagowns. I'm looking forward to that!
Then it's on to the riding habit, though tbh, I'm still feeling a little scared of that project. Mostly because I don't know actual tailoring, and also, after watching Abby's video this week on examining her antique riding habit, I'm just like :o. Like, I have no idea how to do all of that. But also, the likelihood that I'm ever going to wear this on an actual horse is pretty much nil, so in that case, do I just make it look like the movie costume in whatever manner I need to, ignoring how actual riding habits were constructed? I really don't want to put this project off any longer. I'm also not sure how I should pre-treat the wool. Normally, I just throw wool through the washer/dryer, so it can get a bit fluffier/more like thicker flannel. But this one is already the texture I want it to be, so I'm not sure what to do that will make the texture stay the same.
I have to admit, I kind of just want to move on to my 1830s dress, but I feel like this project has made itself into a mental mountain of sorts, and I really need to not let it do that.
So I'm hoping that today and tomorrow I can basically finish everything besides the pockets. They are supposed to be some kind of welt pocket, but I'm kind of afraid of welt pockets. So I'm going to have to do some experimenting/practicing there, and if it really comes down to it, I can always do patch pockets instead.
I'd like to have it completely finished by Thursday night, but we shall see. My friend Emily and I have decided that, since our birthdays are four days apart in a few weeks, we're going to pick up a tea spread from our favorite tearoom and have a birthday tea, wearing teagowns. I'm looking forward to that!
Then it's on to the riding habit, though tbh, I'm still feeling a little scared of that project. Mostly because I don't know actual tailoring, and also, after watching Abby's video this week on examining her antique riding habit, I'm just like :o. Like, I have no idea how to do all of that. But also, the likelihood that I'm ever going to wear this on an actual horse is pretty much nil, so in that case, do I just make it look like the movie costume in whatever manner I need to, ignoring how actual riding habits were constructed? I really don't want to put this project off any longer. I'm also not sure how I should pre-treat the wool. Normally, I just throw wool through the washer/dryer, so it can get a bit fluffier/more like thicker flannel. But this one is already the texture I want it to be, so I'm not sure what to do that will make the texture stay the same.
I have to admit, I kind of just want to move on to my 1830s dress, but I feel like this project has made itself into a mental mountain of sorts, and I really need to not let it do that.