Winter Waistcoat Part 6
Dec. 3rd, 2016 08:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
garnett1781Finishing!
First I machined the bottom seam together, and pressed it vigorously into place - I think the shiny fabric is polyester, so I used it warm and with a pressing cloth (ie a handy teatowel).
I machined the collar into place on the outer fabric, then pinned up and hand-sewed the lining to it. (It was tried on at this point to make sure that it was sitting smoothly. This was when I really started cursing myself for not properly drafting the pattern off the toile).
Machine sewing over, everything left was done by hand. Lapels fitted into the front, lining pinned, then both inner and outer were hand sewn.
I was pretty clumsy with my stitching - by this point I just wanted it done. This was about 10pm the night before the event, and we still had Jenny's skirt to get onto her ball dress.
Then the front centre folded over, pinned, hand sewn, just as the lapels.
Then I tried to quickly learn to hand sew button holes... this is not the fabric to learn that particular skill on, so into the machine it went. These were the smoothest and neatest buttonholes I have ever sewn.
And then an imperial fuckwain of pressing with the iron, and off to the event!
(then hand sewing buttons in a tiny YHA room).
Bonus extra material!
I forgot about the patch pocket! That was a hasty rectangle of both lining and outer, stitched together on three sides, right sides facing, turned right side out, final seam hand closed, then stitched down by hand onto the waistcoat. I needed a place to keep my pocket watch and I also had a Jack Of Hearts playing card in there for a while, as well as my dance card. Sadly I didn't finish the seam off very well and the top quarter inch started to come away, so I kept the cards elsewhere after that.
First I machined the bottom seam together, and pressed it vigorously into place - I think the shiny fabric is polyester, so I used it warm and with a pressing cloth (ie a handy teatowel).
I machined the collar into place on the outer fabric, then pinned up and hand-sewed the lining to it. (It was tried on at this point to make sure that it was sitting smoothly. This was when I really started cursing myself for not properly drafting the pattern off the toile).
Machine sewing over, everything left was done by hand. Lapels fitted into the front, lining pinned, then both inner and outer were hand sewn.
I was pretty clumsy with my stitching - by this point I just wanted it done. This was about 10pm the night before the event, and we still had Jenny's skirt to get onto her ball dress.
Then the front centre folded over, pinned, hand sewn, just as the lapels.
Then I tried to quickly learn to hand sew button holes... this is not the fabric to learn that particular skill on, so into the machine it went. These were the smoothest and neatest buttonholes I have ever sewn.
And then an imperial fuckwain of pressing with the iron, and off to the event!
(then hand sewing buttons in a tiny YHA room).
Bonus extra material!
I forgot about the patch pocket! That was a hasty rectangle of both lining and outer, stitched together on three sides, right sides facing, turned right side out, final seam hand closed, then stitched down by hand onto the waistcoat. I needed a place to keep my pocket watch and I also had a Jack Of Hearts playing card in there for a while, as well as my dance card. Sadly I didn't finish the seam off very well and the top quarter inch started to come away, so I kept the cards elsewhere after that.
