I bought several yards of muslin a while back. While I didn't think that I had used it all, I must have. I have searched high and low and it's not turned up. Today I decided that enough was enough--if I was going to get sewing, I'd damn well better do so.
And, ta-da--PROGRESS has been made!
I decided that I wanted to employ more couture techniques in my garment construction. Even though I am working up some very easy patterns, why not add some luxurious touches, right? I decided that I am going to underline my border dress. I found some lovely white cotton to use as both my toile and my eventual underlining. I pressed the fabric and readied my supplies for cutting.
Because I am adding a couture touch to this dress, I took time to mark the sewing line on all my pattern pieces. Additionally, I used the recently acquired waxy tracing paper to transfer my pattern information from the pieces to the underlining cotton. The large paper is a DREAM to work with! Yes, I did have to be careful about accidentally transferring some of the wax, but it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it could be. I envisioned red fingers and smears of red on my work surface, but nope. Only got a touch of red onto my fabric where the weight of my magnetic pin cushion touched my fabric to the paper. Not bad at all!
Had I started earlier, I probably could have made good progress on stitching my thread tracing, but I'll leave that for tomorrow. (Or maybe tonight after my jog/walk.)
And, ta-da--PROGRESS has been made!
I decided that I wanted to employ more couture techniques in my garment construction. Even though I am working up some very easy patterns, why not add some luxurious touches, right? I decided that I am going to underline my border dress. I found some lovely white cotton to use as both my toile and my eventual underlining. I pressed the fabric and readied my supplies for cutting.Because I am adding a couture touch to this dress, I took time to mark the sewing line on all my pattern pieces. Additionally, I used the recently acquired waxy tracing paper to transfer my pattern information from the pieces to the underlining cotton. The large paper is a DREAM to work with! Yes, I did have to be careful about accidentally transferring some of the wax, but it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it could be. I envisioned red fingers and smears of red on my work surface, but nope. Only got a touch of red onto my fabric where the weight of my magnetic pin cushion touched my fabric to the paper. Not bad at all!
Had I started earlier, I probably could have made good progress on stitching my thread tracing, but I'll leave that for tomorrow. (Or maybe tonight after my jog/walk.)
No comments:
Post a Comment