Another clothing post
23 Jan 2014 08:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
motorharpSo, now we know why Ichabod will be staying in period clothing and where he gets them. So clever and not just a little hilarious.
And now...
I'm currently working on finishing up the seventh item1 in my "sew one piece of clothing a week" collection... from October. Things keep getting slipped into the queue as they have a higher priority. Like resewing the buttons on my pants again because I'm either losing weight or they are stretching.
And putting gussets in the underarm seam of the sixth item - a basic short-sleeved button-up blouse1 - after completely finishing it, because it was one of those situations where the entire shirt comes up when you lift your arms. Which is really the point of this post.
After reading Kathleen Fasanella's post about how sleeve cap ease is bogus and what a sleeve cap should look like to follow the actual shape of a person, I wanted to try drafting something like that on the next shirt I made to avoid the shirt-rising problem.
The seventh item is indeed a basic long-sleeved button-up blouse from the same pattern as the short-sleeved. I took the gusset from the short-sleeved and marked the points where it starts and stops on the arm scye. It makes the bottom of the arm scye over 2" (5cm) higher! And it's not exactly parallel to the floor. It slopes slightly down toward the front. Not quite as much as some of the pictures in the tailoring forums:
But like this:
I can understand shaping the armhole opening, but the sleeve is beyond my understanding at this point. Measuring my arm around the deltoids and comparing it to the pattern measurement makes me think I need to add about two inches more in width? Which sort of could correspond to this picture?
Anyway.
And then there are these which are lesser priority, but frustrating me to think about.
I had to cut myself out of my black and white skirt. Have you ever been able to un-jam an invisible zipper? And it really isn't as full as I originally wanted, so I want to add gores and a new zipper. Which means taking off the bottom black band and making a new one of those. And I could probably line it this time instead of underlining it. Basically, I would like to make an entirely new skirt. Urg.
The black dress I made from a pattern I thought fit me is exceptionally tight because the waist is too high and I should have lined it, not interlined it. The corduroy and rayon lining really need to move independently. Which means, basically, making a whole new dress. And taking the collar off because it looks a little too... churchy? Wednesday Addams?
1 From fabric bought for me while visiting home. :)
And now...
I'm currently working on finishing up the seventh item1 in my "sew one piece of clothing a week" collection... from October. Things keep getting slipped into the queue as they have a higher priority. Like resewing the buttons on my pants again because I'm either losing weight or they are stretching.
And putting gussets in the underarm seam of the sixth item - a basic short-sleeved button-up blouse1 - after completely finishing it, because it was one of those situations where the entire shirt comes up when you lift your arms. Which is really the point of this post.
After reading Kathleen Fasanella's post about how sleeve cap ease is bogus and what a sleeve cap should look like to follow the actual shape of a person, I wanted to try drafting something like that on the next shirt I made to avoid the shirt-rising problem.
The seventh item is indeed a basic long-sleeved button-up blouse from the same pattern as the short-sleeved. I took the gusset from the short-sleeved and marked the points where it starts and stops on the arm scye. It makes the bottom of the arm scye over 2" (5cm) higher! And it's not exactly parallel to the floor. It slopes slightly down toward the front. Not quite as much as some of the pictures in the tailoring forums:
But like this:I can understand shaping the armhole opening, but the sleeve is beyond my understanding at this point. Measuring my arm around the deltoids and comparing it to the pattern measurement makes me think I need to add about two inches more in width? Which sort of could correspond to this picture?
Anyway.
And then there are these which are lesser priority, but frustrating me to think about.
I had to cut myself out of my black and white skirt. Have you ever been able to un-jam an invisible zipper? And it really isn't as full as I originally wanted, so I want to add gores and a new zipper. Which means taking off the bottom black band and making a new one of those. And I could probably line it this time instead of underlining it. Basically, I would like to make an entirely new skirt. Urg.
The black dress I made from a pattern I thought fit me is exceptionally tight because the waist is too high and I should have lined it, not interlined it. The corduroy and rayon lining really need to move independently. Which means, basically, making a whole new dress. And taking the collar off because it looks a little too... churchy? Wednesday Addams?
1 From fabric bought for me while visiting home. :)
