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Happy Thanksgiving!
May your turkeys be moist, your pies be creamy and delicious, and mist of all, may your day be filled with family and friends.
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Fun With Cording
So, yay! I'm to the cording stage! Sadly, this is also where I hit my hit snag. I should start by saying that I probably should have done the cording before I assembled the pieces, buy yeah ( Read more... ) -
13 Gussets
3 to go.
The busk isn't here yet, but I remembered that Laci's had the dimensions listed on the site, so I was able to mark my pocket. With that done, I got the interlining and
outer layers stitched up, and am now in the process of inserting the last of the gussets. Then I'll get the cording pattern marked and start the fun.
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Testing, testing.....
I've gotten 12 of the 16 gussets in. The last 4 go in the seams, so they will wait until I get to the assembly stage.
This brings me to the cording. I took a few minutes to do a couple of tests.
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Cording Contemplation
I took a break from stitching the gussets tonight so I could let my fingers rest and images drew up a very primitive cording plan.
Based mostly on the Christies pair of stays:
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Halfway there
8 more gussets to go, then on to the cording. My fingers hurt already.
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Gusset Count
6 down, 10 to go. Was stitching away in the Starbucks this morning. The group of guys sitting next to me kept staring, not sure why.
Done for the night. I've got the next 6 prepped and ready to go. The last 2 gussets get inserted into the seams, so those will wait until assembly starts. Now I need to start drawing out cording patterns to see ( Read more... ) -
2 Down
14 to go. For real this time. No, it did not take me 3 hours to insert one gusset, even though I am the slowest hand sewer in the world. I spent a bit of time looking up pics of long stays. I know I had some bookmarked on the old computer, but due to virus issues, I didn't transfer them over to the lap top. So, now the hunt is on again.
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Gusset count
As of 5:33pm 1 gusset down, 14 to go. Just keep sewing, just keep sewing.....
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Stays
I've got all the bits for the stays cut out. Because I plan on cording these I cut the outer layer one size larger, so as to have room for the cording. But now I face a dilemma. When sewing in the gussets, should I place them to match the other layers, (which are one size smaller and the size that fits), or put them in at the marked placement ( Read more... )
