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| New books that I am really excitd to memorize where everthing is :) :) :) |
Back ont he 11th I got my new books, Cosume in Detail and the American Duchess Guide.
In my previous post I said I needed to redo/fix several things several things. most of this is my civil war items. There are some things that I wll not be fixing like my crinoline for this project. I do want to redo it. I just want to do a lower class impression.
- Hairnet- I think I need to redo it completley, as I have a huge hole in the net.
- Petticoat- When I originally created the garment I made the opening so you can get the skirt on to big. So all I need to do is make the gap about 4-6 inches
- Early 1860s wash Dress- There is to much room in the back of the bodice. I need to make the top 4 inches smaller and the bottom 1/2 inch smaller. Also it might look better it the bodice was at least 1/2 inch shorter.
- Sunbonnet- add a few tapes inside to gather the back part.
- I would like a new corset but for now my old one is fine, as long as I close all the boning channel gaps.
I was able to get a majority of the stuff done in about 2 hours, deconstructing the hairnet, emboidering the petticoat, closing the gap in the 2 skirts, and fixing the pockets each took about 10-30 minutes. I did the majority of this on a Saturday. Then Saturday evening I ripped out seams for 3 1/2 hours.I never want to rip out hundreds of tiny stiches in an easy fraying and low thread count fabric ever again.
Hairnet
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| Hairnet Parts |
I first took out the piece of metal out and took out all the stitches that held the ribbon to the twill tape. I then cut of the net to pretty colse to the twill tape as I wont be able to use it. I then took all of the rest of the stiches out of twill tape and the hairnet. Leaving me with just the ribbon, twill tape and metal piece.
Petticoat
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| Hard to see but my initails are there |
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| Little whipstichs to make the gap smaller |
Very simple I took the gap in so now it is about 6 inches instead of 15 inches. I also, emboidered my intials on the hem at the back.
Dress
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| Old Fit See how the bodice looks very saggy and large? It is also a bit long |
I removed all of the hooks and eyes. I made the skirtgap to be 5 inches long. I then removed pockets and handsewn them back in.
Then I removed the dress (skirt & bodice) from the waistband (which took me about 2 1/2 hours to do) and removed the neckband from the bodice (took me about 1 hour). I am never going to usee such tiny stitches again on sewing manchine. I then made darts in the back on both sides and sewed them in place.
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| Inside at the neckband |
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| Outside at neckband |
I only need to sew both waist bands on and the hook and eyes and that should be up soon.
Sunbonnet
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| Casing that I completley handsewn on :) |
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| Ribbon ties on the back |
I finshed sewing the tape in to hid some of the "guts". I also put on some ribbon ties on the back to draw the top portion in. This is going to be a fancy sunbonnet to go with my nicer dresses. That I have planned.
Corset
I simply just handsewed all my gaps closed.
Love,
Paige
