garnets and twill?
Aug. 9th, 2017 11:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kareinaLast year at Visby's Medieval week I bought a little of a beautiful three-twills-in-one white wool fabric, and a bit more of a lovely dark blue (single) twill wool, intending to combine them into a new tunic. At the time I thought they might look nice with some garnet beads I was given by a good friend last time I was in Tassie.
Earlier this evening I was wondering what project I should take with me when I head to Norway this weekend, since the drive will be something like 8 to 10 hours. I am nearly done with the lovely linen white herringbone twill underdress I have been working on, and since it is nearly complete, it takes a fair bit of room, so it might not be the best choice for a bus project. But the wool twill tunic would be smaller...
So, starting around 20:15 I got out the fabric, ironed, it and begin looking at where on the fabric one could set the neck facing pattern so that the 3-in-1 pattern is shown off to best advantage. Nearly three hours after taking the fabric out, I now have a basted lines showing where the neck will be cut, and the lines where it will be folded under, and I have stitched a single bead down, to see if I like how it looks:
Right now I am thinking of setting only one bead in the center of each of the fish-bone twill squares, so that the diamond twill squares are surrounded by little red dots. But if I want my yoga done before midnight and to get some sleep before meeting my Master's student at the laser tomorrow morning, I had better get put this down for the night, and take a look with fresh eyes in the morning. In reality sewing down the beads is a stupid thing to do on the bus, but, perhaps it might be possible to get the neck beaded tomorrow, and then sew that part to the tunic on the bus? Just how much cutting and beading can I accomplish after work tomorrow, in addition to packing for the trip? Stay tuned...
Earlier this evening I was wondering what project I should take with me when I head to Norway this weekend, since the drive will be something like 8 to 10 hours. I am nearly done with the lovely linen white herringbone twill underdress I have been working on, and since it is nearly complete, it takes a fair bit of room, so it might not be the best choice for a bus project. But the wool twill tunic would be smaller...
So, starting around 20:15 I got out the fabric, ironed, it and begin looking at where on the fabric one could set the neck facing pattern so that the 3-in-1 pattern is shown off to best advantage. Nearly three hours after taking the fabric out, I now have a basted lines showing where the neck will be cut, and the lines where it will be folded under, and I have stitched a single bead down, to see if I like how it looks:
Right now I am thinking of setting only one bead in the center of each of the fish-bone twill squares, so that the diamond twill squares are surrounded by little red dots. But if I want my yoga done before midnight and to get some sleep before meeting my Master's student at the laser tomorrow morning, I had better get put this down for the night, and take a look with fresh eyes in the morning. In reality sewing down the beads is a stupid thing to do on the bus, but, perhaps it might be possible to get the neck beaded tomorrow, and then sew that part to the tunic on the bus? Just how much cutting and beading can I accomplish after work tomorrow, in addition to packing for the trip? Stay tuned...