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Aug. 5th, 2017 11:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
totchipandaI ripped the panels for the white petti. I was wrong, the fabric is NOT the same. The extra metre I bought is stretchy taffeta :/ But the sheen and hand is virtually identical, so I proceeded ahead. It didn't rip evenly. The cut ends were off grain, so two ripped ones ended up at 10" and 9" wide, and the cut ones varied from 9" to 11". I discovered this after having done 2 panels (one oddball and the 10"). So I ripped the rest to the 9" width and carried on! The top part of the ruffle is more of a small triangle rather that a curve, and I suspect that the original had a perfect 1" curved pinking tool used rather than modern pinking shears (no shit, right? lol). My hand was pretty sore when I was done. Then I got really lazy and took a nap and didn't get back to sewing it today.
I decided what to do with the purple striped silk! I want to make this redingote. (hearts everywhere!) I thought I could MAYBE squeeeeeze it out 4 yards of 45" wide, but it turns out the fabric is just shy of 55", which will be a lot easier to work with. Of course, i've never made a redingote and I'm not 100% sure where to start (with a mock up, naturally), but I'm excited to tackle it. I can see why people prefer working with silk, it has a beautiful hand and sounds delicious. I shake my fist at you, Canadian suppliers.
I cast on mitts this evening. I enjoyed the sewn ones so much, but knitted ones will be more useful to me :) I picked up a cape, I need arm warmers!
I decided what to do with the purple striped silk! I want to make this redingote. (hearts everywhere!) I thought I could MAYBE squeeeeeze it out 4 yards of 45" wide, but it turns out the fabric is just shy of 55", which will be a lot easier to work with. Of course, i've never made a redingote and I'm not 100% sure where to start (with a mock up, naturally), but I'm excited to tackle it. I can see why people prefer working with silk, it has a beautiful hand and sounds delicious. I shake my fist at you, Canadian suppliers.
I cast on mitts this evening. I enjoyed the sewn ones so much, but knitted ones will be more useful to me :) I picked up a cape, I need arm warmers!
