I started this blog a couple years ago when I thought it would be interesting to blog. I did lose interest, but now...I'm part of the 1912 Titanic Project. What is that, you ask? It's a group that was brought together to sew clothing from original period patterns from 1912 issues of
Le Mode Illustree magazines.
That being said, let an amatuer home sewer start sharing this adventure.
This is the current scene of the adventure.
These are the usual suspects...muslin, lace, and the pattern. Four pattern pieces...sweet.
This pattern called for 15 yards of lace in 1" and 2" widths. Since I was making this in muslin I got craft lace yardage and used a rotary cutter to make the 1" and 2" lace yardage for two reasons. First, I really couldn't find matching lace that I like, or liked enough to invest in. Second, because I am making it in muslin, kind of a mock up. To see how the fit is, and because I'm an amateur sewer. I sew sweatshirt jackets, accessories, home dec...not 1912 vintage clothing patterns.
The four pattern pieces weren't quite as easy as I thought they would be...see there's a concept known as "insertion lace." Interesting concept. you sew the lace on the material and cut the material behind it and sew it down. Since I'm using muslin, which frays, I rolled the material to keep the fraying inside the seams and tacked it down. Lot's of lace....
After that, this lovely slip has a pleated flounce. I've never made accorian pleats before and it's a lot of work. This is what it looked like pleated and basted. Did I mention it's four an a half yards of muslin? Pinned into 1" pleats...a lot of 1" pleats.
I know I mentioned four and a half yards of muslin makes a lot of pleats...but apparently, not enough. I was pretty sure the flounce was supposed to go completely around the bottom of the slip. But mine didn't. I am changing the pattern to a five and a half yard piece of 17" muslin for the next time.
Pretty much because it's the only kind of pleat I know how to make...now.
It's still a work in progress. I have the flounce sewn in. The insertion lace abut the flounce is pinned on. I'm wondering about that. The flounce is weighty and seems like it would pull the lace apart. OR maybe just my lace strips. We'll see.
Then the lace around the neckline and armholes.
I'll post more when I get more done.
