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Making a full kit in four months
Tudor MercWench Smith replied to Tudor MercWench Smith's topic in Crafting Kit
Thanks for the tip on the Mantua....it might have been the lateness of the hour but as I was looking at the pattern and reading the instructions it might as well have been a foreign language.... not sure how well it will go.... That will have to wait till I've more time to dedicate to it. Last night's insomnia project was taking the cut pieces of the auction shirt I had cut and turning them into less pieces and more shirt. The main seams on the body and sleeves were machined, with the body getting a French seam treatment and the sleeves getting a hand finished flat felling...I would have flat felled the body seams too but time and ability to keep my stitches consistent over long stretches made me go with the French. It still looks an lays nicely and will be a strong seam, and then any visible stitches will be hand done..... Forgot how much I did miss hand stitching. I shillyshallied so long on hemming my skirt previously cause I somehow forgot how much I enjoyed the hand stich work. Then again, that would be an aggressively long line of stitch, so my concern was probably valid. Oh well... Progress from last night and tonight.... I intended to do a narrow cuff but I now worry it might be too narrow. But otherwise I'm pretty chuffed with the results so far... - Last week
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Ah, dear Diosa - it is so good to have you back!
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Making a full kit in four months
Mary Diamond replied to Tudor MercWench Smith's topic in Crafting Kit
Sleep, lovely sleep, what a concept! Freshly returned, I am in similar throes - many irons in the fire, as it were. Lovely latchets are due to arrive Friday 29, to be tested and broken in. Assorted sewing projects sit in a waist high pile, awaiting my attentionā¦ we shall see what actually gets finished. Glad you came to the conclusion to take the sleeves off for a waistcoat- you can always add them back on once you have more time. The mantua can be a bit fussy - pay attention to the fitting, whipping ahead of time or thoroughly pinning to test fit, and you will be fine. -
Zoinks!
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Making a full kit in four months
Tudor MercWench Smith replied to Tudor MercWench Smith's topic in Crafting Kit
All cutlasses have been confiscated least the mutineers get a hold of them (again) and they have yet to figure out to reach the rum bottles but it's just a growth spurt or two away til they do at which time the bottles are bound to break. Alas, twas done with some period appropriate(ish) scissors between breaking up brawls amongst the crew. In other news, what does one do when one can't sleep at 12:30 at night from anxiety? Cut out the pattern for a Mantua and trim up some scrap linen into a neck scarf of course! I guess this is one way to make up some time on my projects list.... -
Your colorful language "I finally made the call to yoink the sleeves off the blue jacket" has me asking... Is that done with a cutlass, a drunken pirate with a broken rum bottle, or a sailor's fid? š