Then it was six (or so) weeks later and today I decided to just sew it up. I followed the very fine instructions for the mitered hem, and argued the sleeves into the armhole (it took two rounds of "staystitch plus"). I did ordinary seams, finishing them with the fake serger-like stitch on my sewing machine. I pressed, I did buttonholes, I sewed in glossy little shell buttons, and yay! It's ready to wear tomorrow.
That doesn't eliminate my fancy plans; they've just moved to other garments. I have extra elaborate intentions for a garment involving silk brocade piped with silk charmeuse, but before I go that far I think that I'll try handkerchief linen piped with... well, something. Something gaudy. I still crave the whacky.
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I love the idea of your "arguing the sleeves" into the armholes. Sounds like between you, you and "staystitch plus" were very persuasive.
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Anne
Yo, Vanessa! We were persuasive but they were very recalcitrant sleeves. Some of the staystitching is (oops) visible on the wrong side of the seam, but since that's matte black on matte black I choose to believe it's invisible.
ReplyDeleteYes! Yes! If I succeed, there will be photographs. Actually, even if I fail there may be photographs of the sad frayed misshapen results. But I'm hoping for success.
Greetings, Anne! Welcome! And thank you very much. :)
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