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Posted by Kate XXXXXX on October 9, 2009, 3:37 am
BEI Design wrote:
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> Kate XXXXXX wrote:
>> BEI Design wrote:
>>> Kate XXXXXX wrote:
>>>> 1/16" seam allowance on the tabs... 1.5mm stitch
>>>> length. I'm procrastinating. I think I'll sew up that
>>>> quilt
>>>> block I want to experiment with... 1/4" seam
>>>> allowances feel like acres to play with!
>>> I was wondering how those tabs were finished. It seems
>>> odd to me that they are not just cut separately and
>>> added
>>> to the bottom of the corset. But I suppose the
>>> historical
>>> model prevails? ;-)
>> Some aparantly were, and some were made all in one... This
>> is just tje all in one version. Bit skiddly,
>> really. Progress is slow - I made that block!
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> I would think all in one would leave some pretty weak points
> where the slashes are turned.
Well... The original this was based on is bones with reeds of some
sort, and the edges of the linen corset are bound with leather. It
seems to have lasted 400 years fairly well! ;)
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> Working on the quilt block is a good idea. ;-)
It came out exactly as planned, and all the points matched fairly well. :)
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>>> The vest I made for DGD's Nationals/Aboyne costume has
>>> scallops at the bottom, but they are cut separately,
>>> faced with the lining satin and sewn to the waistline.
>>> Second
>>> picture from the top here:
>>> http://ickes.us/Highland.aspx
>> Dead cute, as ever. :)
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> Thanks. We have added silver buttons and silver laces, all
> the dancers seem to be "spiffing up" their outfits, within
> the parameters of the rules of course.
Giggle... Like us in the old school uniform days. And the GMNT and his
fellow monsters and their school ties!
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> I'm procrastinating. I think I'll sew up that quilt
> block I want to experiment with... 1/4" seam allowances
> feel like acres to play with!