I'm a weirdo

[mala_14]

I actually like doing handsewn buttonholes! (But for some reason I don't like doing eyelets.) I got all 5 buttonholes done on my corset cover this past week. The corset cover is now on hold, to be finished when I'm back home. There's going to be a sewing day with my living history group when I'm there, so I'm going to take that along to sew on the buttons and whipstitch the darts to finish them. The darts turned out huge so there is a lot of excess fabric on the inside. I'm going to cut off a bunch of it and whip the cut edge. I'm hoping to cut out my skirt and skirt lining and maybe get the seams and darts sewn this weekend. Using this pattern for the skirt from Dressmaking Research from an original Harper's Bazar from 1897.

Comments

[starlightmasque.livejournal.com]

Can confirm. Weirdo.

[starlightmasque.livejournal.com]

:D

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

I appreciate your support. ;)

[bauhausfrau.livejournal.com]

Man, yet another reason to wish you lived closer - we could trade, I'd do the eyelets and you could do the buttonholes!

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

Pfft!

[tigerweave.livejournal.com]

That's a very nice-looking skirt pattern. Love to see it made up. The curve of the waistband creating the width needed over the hips, and the bias adding in to it. I cut out a skirt (modern everyday wear!) where I was trying to get a similar kind of effect. I went about it totally different though.

That's the long way round to say I'll be really interested in the end skirt. Does it have a pattern? A stripey one would be divine I think!

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

I would totally trade if I lived in Cali! Especially since I'm thinking of making some new stays next year. :p

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

I have a suiting that has a subtle plaid. You can see it on this post: http://mala-14.livejournal.com/191116.html I agree, a stripe would look stunning!

[tigerweave.livejournal.com]

Oooh nice! I think you will get a great effect with that one too, though :-)

[fleurdelysa.livejournal.com]

I agree! Weirdo AND I also prefer buttonholes to eyelets! I think it's because the eyelets include all the pulling and poking (awl) and the buttonholes are like doing embroidery. Can't wait for pictures of what you are making. :)

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Going to try some pattern matching for the first time too. Should be interesting.

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

Yeah, making the holes really is a hassle. Hoping to get some pics when I'm back home next week!

[girliegirl32786.livejournal.com]

Can you come over and make all my buttonholes? I fully admit I have an irrational fear of making them.

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

lol I should turn it into a business, traveling buttonhole-maker. ;p Really though, there's nothing to fear if you do a few practice ones first.

[tigerweave.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, first time! Yeah, fun times :-P

Seriously though it's just finicky. One of those things where the more perfectionist you are, the better the outcome. But having said that, if it's not sewn perfectly matched, like out by 1mm, stand back and see if it looks bad enough to resew.
Oh, my hint is pin LOTS!

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm only going to try to pattern match horizontally. I specifically picked this pattern because it had so few seams. ;)

[tigerweave.livejournal.com]

Oh right, yeah that makes a lot of sense!

I have a dress pattern I could pattern match (I was using 1cm gingham) for only about a foot down the sides, then the seams were on too different an angle to be able to match beyond that. The seaming was similar to this skirt actually. But it's the difference in angle between the two seams that dictated how much matching. Hopefully this one will be better!

Anyway I just had to make judicious decisions, about where I wanted the matching to happen so I did it along the top part of the sides. If anyone was looking at the bottom bit, too bad coz it just couldn't match.
I got heaps of compliments on that dress so I figure it was ok in the end :-P