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Jun. 19th, 2025 08:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
totchipandaGot home and was so excited that I had a project to work on. First I needed to attach all the interfacings. Then I said FIIIIINE I'll serge edges too and did that. My serger is still... not working 100%. I prefer the look of 4-thread but it doesn't always catch them in the outer thread, and in a few places it barely caught any at all. The fabric is not shreddy so I'm not worried about it.
Happily stitched away until it was time for the zipper, and now I have a grump about zipper lots on Amazon. I got a pack of 100 invisible zips for like $30 and that was great, all the same size, lots of colours. I bought a pack of regular zips for about the same, but it was a mix of sizes, 20 each of 5 lengths. Which is fine, but it does mean I have much less colour selection than the invisible pack. What is up with that! All of the regular packs were like, 40 max, unless you wanted 3" zips. Grump grump. There wasn't anything close to a match in the regular zips, but one of the invisibles was perfect, so I prepped my zipper for that.
After the zip was installed, I put the legs together and the crotch so I could try them on! They are pretty good, actually. The front waist feels high (one of the antique sewing manuals I read said that ladies with prominent tummies should lower the front of their skirts 1/2" to swing it backwards) but looked ok in the mirror. I think I will feel the unbalance once the waist band is on so that is something to consider before I do it. Another concern is that the pattern itself has a curved hip area rather than darts, which always looks a bit off on me. My body is not rounded there, it's pretty straight and it's when you get to the top of the femur that my muscle bulges and I need fabric room. But it's not excessive and overall, the fit is nice. Just something to keep in mind for future makes.
Tonight I will get the waistband on and hem it. That's all that needs to be done! The waistband is gonna be complicated though, I will need all of my braincells for it. I had a dark o'clock wake up to deal with my stupid uterus that I couldn't get back to sleep from until nearly dawn, and then I was deep in a dream when my alarm was going off that I kept dropping back into once I hit snooze. I am so tired today.
Happily stitched away until it was time for the zipper, and now I have a grump about zipper lots on Amazon. I got a pack of 100 invisible zips for like $30 and that was great, all the same size, lots of colours. I bought a pack of regular zips for about the same, but it was a mix of sizes, 20 each of 5 lengths. Which is fine, but it does mean I have much less colour selection than the invisible pack. What is up with that! All of the regular packs were like, 40 max, unless you wanted 3" zips. Grump grump. There wasn't anything close to a match in the regular zips, but one of the invisibles was perfect, so I prepped my zipper for that.
After the zip was installed, I put the legs together and the crotch so I could try them on! They are pretty good, actually. The front waist feels high (one of the antique sewing manuals I read said that ladies with prominent tummies should lower the front of their skirts 1/2" to swing it backwards) but looked ok in the mirror. I think I will feel the unbalance once the waist band is on so that is something to consider before I do it. Another concern is that the pattern itself has a curved hip area rather than darts, which always looks a bit off on me. My body is not rounded there, it's pretty straight and it's when you get to the top of the femur that my muscle bulges and I need fabric room. But it's not excessive and overall, the fit is nice. Just something to keep in mind for future makes.
Tonight I will get the waistband on and hem it. That's all that needs to be done! The waistband is gonna be complicated though, I will need all of my braincells for it. I had a dark o'clock wake up to deal with my stupid uterus that I couldn't get back to sleep from until nearly dawn, and then I was deep in a dream when my alarm was going off that I kept dropping back into once I hit snooze. I am so tired today.
