grr. argh.
Jul. 23rd, 2008 09:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sabineChiffon is evil. It's slippery, doesn't stay pinned, tries to escape from both scissors and iron, and floats all over the room instead of being nice, smooth, and unwrinkled when pattern pieces are being put on it.
On the other hand, this is turning out to be WAY more wenchy than I'd anticipated. I knew the fabric was sheer and see-through, but I didn't realize exactly how see-through. To put it another way, there will be no running into the Quickie Mart to grab Gatorade without having either the bodice or some other cover-up to hide the tiny freckles on my ribs from anyone in a 50 yard radius.
Also, each sleeve has enough fabric to make a skirt/suggestion. That is, it would make a fine skirt if the fabric weren't completely see-through. It's not even worth making a slip out of this stuff.
I got the big seams sewn tonight. As my usual habit, I used French seams everywhere I could. I've come to enjoy not having things fray when I wash them. It's to the point where I'm considering taking my yellow skirt apart so that I can do something to enclose the edges. But I probably will only ever talk about doing that because (1) I'm lazy and (2) I have so many other projects to start that I can't really afford the time to go back and work on already finished stuff.
Seriously, I have enough projects with Stuff Already Bought that I shouldn't be allowed in any sort of craft store until, say, 2019. Maybe 2017 if I get really industrious. Maybe.
On the other hand, this is turning out to be WAY more wenchy than I'd anticipated. I knew the fabric was sheer and see-through, but I didn't realize exactly how see-through. To put it another way, there will be no running into the Quickie Mart to grab Gatorade without having either the bodice or some other cover-up to hide the tiny freckles on my ribs from anyone in a 50 yard radius.
Also, each sleeve has enough fabric to make a skirt/suggestion. That is, it would make a fine skirt if the fabric weren't completely see-through. It's not even worth making a slip out of this stuff.
I got the big seams sewn tonight. As my usual habit, I used French seams everywhere I could. I've come to enjoy not having things fray when I wash them. It's to the point where I'm considering taking my yellow skirt apart so that I can do something to enclose the edges. But I probably will only ever talk about doing that because (1) I'm lazy and (2) I have so many other projects to start that I can't really afford the time to go back and work on already finished stuff.
Seriously, I have enough projects with Stuff Already Bought that I shouldn't be allowed in any sort of craft store until, say, 2019. Maybe 2017 if I get really industrious. Maybe.
