More on Gloves
So far, I've found seven glove samples that are like the one that I fell in love with at Manchester: Smallish cuffs, made from the same leather as the gloves, embroidered right on the leather. Here, here, here, here, and here are the other ones from Manchester, and here's one from the V&A. And I adore every single one. I love the subtlety of them, something the other embroidered gloves lack for the sake of fab ostentation.
I think I can do this, if I plan it out well enough. Guides on embroidering on leather all seem to be geared toward machine embroidery, but the concepts seem similar enough. You want to be careful not to make any mistakes, since the needle holes will be permanent. You don't want to put the stitches too close together, otherwise you'll perforate the leather too much and make design-shaped holes. You want to be very careful about hooping the leather, as the hoop can permanently warp it. It seems that I never seem to want to do things the easy way. :D
So, satin stitch might be out (I haven't really done it before anyway) but couching and buttonhole look to have been used enough on these gloves that they could work very well. I'm not sure what to do about the hooping yet, but I can figure something out.
I actually even have a glove pattern (from Vogue) and a set of instructions on how to adjust the Vogue fourchettes into a period pattern, as well as the Renaissance Tailor's guide to drafting the gloves from scratch, so I think I have something resembling a starting point.
I wrote a letter to the Manchester to see if there was any more information relating to the construction, and I have to wait until at least the next paycheck before I can get thread anyway, so I'm sitting on the project for the moment, reading everything I can before having to commit to something.
I think I can do this, if I plan it out well enough. Guides on embroidering on leather all seem to be geared toward machine embroidery, but the concepts seem similar enough. You want to be careful not to make any mistakes, since the needle holes will be permanent. You don't want to put the stitches too close together, otherwise you'll perforate the leather too much and make design-shaped holes. You want to be very careful about hooping the leather, as the hoop can permanently warp it. It seems that I never seem to want to do things the easy way. :D
So, satin stitch might be out (I haven't really done it before anyway) but couching and buttonhole look to have been used enough on these gloves that they could work very well. I'm not sure what to do about the hooping yet, but I can figure something out.
I actually even have a glove pattern (from Vogue) and a set of instructions on how to adjust the Vogue fourchettes into a period pattern, as well as the Renaissance Tailor's guide to drafting the gloves from scratch, so I think I have something resembling a starting point.
I wrote a letter to the Manchester to see if there was any more information relating to the construction, and I have to wait until at least the next paycheck before I can get thread anyway, so I'm sitting on the project for the moment, reading everything I can before having to commit to something.