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allison_isI set aside some of my SCA angst and started sewing yesterday. I haven't quite figured out the angst - all I know is that after Germany, everything I really used to enjoy became something I didn't. I gave up WoW, I quit staying out late and drinking, and I started not pissing my time away as much on sewing because I didn't want to. School is the best reason to not do anything I don't want to. "Oh, I can't, I have homework."
I started sewing because I need to make room in the fabric cabinet for all the fabric I inherited from my grandma. I foresee plenty of "what the HELL am I going to do with this?" in my future. Plus winter break is prime sewing time because I can marathon it, which is how I do it best. I can just sit down and plug away on something. . I can't recall exactly how much 3.5 oz linen I had, but I apparently have enough for 2 shirts - fine by me. Here's the interesting thing. I decided that from here on out, I would handsew. That's how I roll, right? Well, here are my reports. I'm using the method laid out by the Attack Laurel on the Elizabethan seam. I was looking at the tiny ass hard to decipher picture in the Tudor Tailor of the shirt seam, and that's what it looked like so I figured why the hell not, for a few reasons.
I handfinish almost all my seams. It takes a while - but that's how I roll. The only difference with this is I am handfinishing them first - which is the amount of time it would take me normally + whipstitching the edges together. Not a big deal. Also, shirts do not take a long time. The shirt will be done by today, no doubt. I am leaving the hems raw until I assemble. I finished 1 sleeve last night, 2/3 of the back and the front panels, and I have 1 sleeve and 2 gussets to do. The things I did finish took me about 8 distracted hours until I wised up to the running stitch - which I hate.
This is a shirt that is going to go under the 1520's German stuff, so I have to figure out neckline finishing because I have a feeling it will be rather bulky. I also put 58" into the shirt width - both front and back. What the hell, I figured. Well, what the hell was I thinking? That one will bite me in the ass later, I am sure. If it proves to be too much after assembly, I'll take a few inches out down the middle.
If someone could let me know when the next appropriate A&S competition for undergarments is happening, I would love to enter it.
Next on the list after this shirt is finished - a smock, and a partlet, the ropa (haha), and the corset.
This is a huge difference from my thoughts of yesterday. I was thinking about selling all my fabric off to pay for the 12th semester of school. I'll do that with some of it, though. Anything I DON'T have to take out in a loan is the best. I also might sell some of the handsewn stuff. . . maybe Etsy.
Tonight I am going to make curry for dinner. I thought I'd invite Sarah over because I was going to use some of the plaid wool I got to make her a jumper but right now I have shirt construction tunnelvision.
I expect event pictures soon!
I started sewing because I need to make room in the fabric cabinet for all the fabric I inherited from my grandma. I foresee plenty of "what the HELL am I going to do with this?" in my future. Plus winter break is prime sewing time because I can marathon it, which is how I do it best. I can just sit down and plug away on something. . I can't recall exactly how much 3.5 oz linen I had, but I apparently have enough for 2 shirts - fine by me. Here's the interesting thing. I decided that from here on out, I would handsew. That's how I roll, right? Well, here are my reports. I'm using the method laid out by the Attack Laurel on the Elizabethan seam. I was looking at the tiny ass hard to decipher picture in the Tudor Tailor of the shirt seam, and that's what it looked like so I figured why the hell not, for a few reasons.
I handfinish almost all my seams. It takes a while - but that's how I roll. The only difference with this is I am handfinishing them first - which is the amount of time it would take me normally + whipstitching the edges together. Not a big deal. Also, shirts do not take a long time. The shirt will be done by today, no doubt. I am leaving the hems raw until I assemble. I finished 1 sleeve last night, 2/3 of the back and the front panels, and I have 1 sleeve and 2 gussets to do. The things I did finish took me about 8 distracted hours until I wised up to the running stitch - which I hate.
This is a shirt that is going to go under the 1520's German stuff, so I have to figure out neckline finishing because I have a feeling it will be rather bulky. I also put 58" into the shirt width - both front and back. What the hell, I figured. Well, what the hell was I thinking? That one will bite me in the ass later, I am sure. If it proves to be too much after assembly, I'll take a few inches out down the middle.
If someone could let me know when the next appropriate A&S competition for undergarments is happening, I would love to enter it.
Next on the list after this shirt is finished - a smock, and a partlet, the ropa (haha), and the corset.
This is a huge difference from my thoughts of yesterday. I was thinking about selling all my fabric off to pay for the 12th semester of school. I'll do that with some of it, though. Anything I DON'T have to take out in a loan is the best. I also might sell some of the handsewn stuff. . . maybe Etsy.
Tonight I am going to make curry for dinner. I thought I'd invite Sarah over because I was going to use some of the plaid wool I got to make her a jumper but right now I have shirt construction tunnelvision.
I expect event pictures soon!
