DD: French hood - sewing the fashion fabric pt I
Just some thoughts on tonight's hand work.
OUCH!! My fingers are hurting, because I am using a straight needle to sew the fashion fabric to a curved object. Yeah, it would be faster to machine sew the seam allowance of the fashion and lining material, but I know from previous experience with my husband's Italian bonnet that there will be a seam showing at the edges, and the form will not fit into the fabric as a sandwich all that well. The book I use even mentions that, which is why the fashion fabric is sewn by hand, and then the lining applied to cover.
I decided to go with both the base and the coronet in white, and the hood in black. I am not sure why I finally decided that, but it is a period option.
Next time I will put a muslin or something else on the underside of the form, instead of dommette. That fluffy stuff just isn't the best thing to sew into, and because I glued the smooth part and not the fluffy part on the underside, fluffy pieces are coming off everywhere I sew. It's just messy. Thankfully, the stitches are holding so far, and it will get covered by the lining.
I must also remember to add 3/4" seam allowance to give myself extra room for the edge turnover. 1/2" would work for machine sewing the pieces, but not the handsewing.
But the smoothness of the top side is looking good. I am using pins now instead of the clips as that works better at this point. I do have to make sure not to stick the pins too far from the back into the front, as the silk will snag, and that isn't good.
Hopefully, I will have this hat sewn in a day or two, depending on the free time I get. It just isn't as fast as hand sewing flat seams with both sides being fabric. But it will look good... it better!
OUCH!! My fingers are hurting, because I am using a straight needle to sew the fashion fabric to a curved object. Yeah, it would be faster to machine sew the seam allowance of the fashion and lining material, but I know from previous experience with my husband's Italian bonnet that there will be a seam showing at the edges, and the form will not fit into the fabric as a sandwich all that well. The book I use even mentions that, which is why the fashion fabric is sewn by hand, and then the lining applied to cover.
I decided to go with both the base and the coronet in white, and the hood in black. I am not sure why I finally decided that, but it is a period option.
Next time I will put a muslin or something else on the underside of the form, instead of dommette. That fluffy stuff just isn't the best thing to sew into, and because I glued the smooth part and not the fluffy part on the underside, fluffy pieces are coming off everywhere I sew. It's just messy. Thankfully, the stitches are holding so far, and it will get covered by the lining.
I must also remember to add 3/4" seam allowance to give myself extra room for the edge turnover. 1/2" would work for machine sewing the pieces, but not the handsewing.
But the smoothness of the top side is looking good. I am using pins now instead of the clips as that works better at this point. I do have to make sure not to stick the pins too far from the back into the front, as the silk will snag, and that isn't good.
Hopefully, I will have this hat sewn in a day or two, depending on the free time I get. It just isn't as fast as hand sewing flat seams with both sides being fabric. But it will look good... it better!