another project in progress
Jul. 10th, 2013 10:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kareinaWhen I first met ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lord_kjar he was wearing a lovely second-hand red wool tunic which is just enough too small for him, especially in the arms, that it gave the illusion of him being much younger than he is--since he looked much like he had only just had a growth spurt and become too long for the tunic. However, the fabric is gorgeous, and I have long wanted to modify it to fit him better. Last summer we bought some grey wool to lengthen the hem and sleeves, and I have finally, in the last week or so, started attaching it to the tunic with some decorative stitches in blue silk.
The stitching I am using is based on this web page.I love this seam finishing technique--the loops through the previous stitches are lovely, and the main stitches surround the seam both front and back to help hold it together, which is good since I did the attachment using a single strand of sewing thread, which will, eventually, break, if it is all that is holding the seam together.
I wondered for a bit on what to do with the hem itself, and finally decided to try the same decorative seam as I am using to join the two bits of fabric. I have never tried this before, and it turns out that when worked over the hem gives a raised bit to help prevent the edge of the fabric wearing out.
However, when seen from the side view it looks like plain old blanket stitch.
I am looking forward to getting this one finished and seeing it on him. Now, if I only had more time for projects...
or updating my sticky post that is meant to record all of my projects, but I just noticed, while adding a link (this paragraph is, needless to say, an after-thought edit) there for this post, that this is my first update to the sticky post in a couple of years. I wonder what all I have finished in that time, and when I will add them?
lord_kjar he was wearing a lovely second-hand red wool tunic which is just enough too small for him, especially in the arms, that it gave the illusion of him being much younger than he is--since he looked much like he had only just had a growth spurt and become too long for the tunic. However, the fabric is gorgeous, and I have long wanted to modify it to fit him better. Last summer we bought some grey wool to lengthen the hem and sleeves, and I have finally, in the last week or so, started attaching it to the tunic with some decorative stitches in blue silk. The stitching I am using is based on this web page.I love this seam finishing technique--the loops through the previous stitches are lovely, and the main stitches surround the seam both front and back to help hold it together, which is good since I did the attachment using a single strand of sewing thread, which will, eventually, break, if it is all that is holding the seam together.
I wondered for a bit on what to do with the hem itself, and finally decided to try the same decorative seam as I am using to join the two bits of fabric. I have never tried this before, and it turns out that when worked over the hem gives a raised bit to help prevent the edge of the fabric wearing out.
However, when seen from the side view it looks like plain old blanket stitch.
I am looking forward to getting this one finished and seeing it on him. Now, if I only had more time for projects...
or updating my sticky post that is meant to record all of my projects, but I just noticed, while adding a link (this paragraph is, needless to say, an after-thought edit) there for this post, that this is my first update to the sticky post in a couple of years. I wonder what all I have finished in that time, and when I will add them?