Less sleevil

[mala_14]

Busy and productive day today. I made lasagna for dinner and am looking forward to eating it. :) I took the dog out for a short walk. I got some homework done. And I finished some edits for my funding application proposal because we are having a workshop on them tomorrow. Still to do: machine sew the skirt of my 1867 print dress together, probably after dinner.

Speaking of my 1867 dress, here's what it looks like right now. I think the sleeves are better than they were before. Thanks for all the advice! I ended up reshaping the curve of the elbow so that it was less curved, thus less fabric in the elbow. I also took in the sleevehead a bit. And I rotated the sleeve forward. So now the sleeves are have an acceptable level of wrinkle.

You can also (sort of) see the antique china buttons I got for this dress from Treadle Yard Goods in St. Paul, MN. I think they were a good choice.

Comments

[pinkdiamond.livejournal.com]

The sleeves look great :) Yep rotating them has also made them look really accurate too, when you look at garments from the time off the body sleeves seem to sit much further forward than we make them now.

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I spent some time comparing them to extant garment pictures after this and have figured out a few changes that I could add to get them just right, but these will do for now. It's interesting how much rotating a sleeve can make a difference.

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

Very good-looking.

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[ashamanja-babu.livejournal.com]

They look great! And your buttons are perfect.

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

Thanks Elizabeth! The buttons are so cool.

[chocolatepot.livejournal.com]

It looks like it's fitting really well! The sleeves are perfect.

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

Thank you! This is my first project with this pattern, so I'm hoping to learn lots and refine it for my next project with this pattern.

[bauhausfrau.livejournal.com]

It looks great! Those buttons are so cool.

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

Thanks! They are neat buttons. I thought china buttons would be like dishes, but they're more like clay that has been fired with a glaze over the fronts.