Coif progress...
I cut the pattern out, basted the gathers with a double row of running stitches, and pin-basted the centre seam together to see how it looked. Ack! Way to huge! So I pinned it down to a better size.
This is the altered pattern. I ended up wishing I had taken the back in a bit too. I am sure I will do this again eventually.
This is my tiny stitching with very fine 2 ply silk thread. I did a turned hem on the back seam edges.
Then I sewed each side of the coif to the band with a double running stitch in very fine silk thread.
Looks like a nice shape.
Sewed the gathers in properly and trimmed it up even.
Folded over and sewed the band down to hide the unfinished edges on the seam allowance. Then I basted the back centre seam to a peice of paper so I could do the interlaced herringbone embroidery with less trouble. I think I should have basted it to a peice of graph paper as that would have helped me keep things very even. I wasn't going to count the tiny threads for each stitch. Ack no.
Here is the double herringbone done with a thicker silk thread. I did it wrong the first few tries. I pulled about 8 inches of stitching in total with all my tries. Sigh!
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This is the altered pattern. I ended up wishing I had taken the back in a bit too. I am sure I will do this again eventually.
This is my tiny stitching with very fine 2 ply silk thread. I did a turned hem on the back seam edges.
Then I sewed each side of the coif to the band with a double running stitch in very fine silk thread.
Looks like a nice shape.
Sewed the gathers in properly and trimmed it up even.
Folded over and sewed the band down to hide the unfinished edges on the seam allowance. Then I basted the back centre seam to a peice of paper so I could do the interlaced herringbone embroidery with less trouble. I think I should have basted it to a peice of graph paper as that would have helped me keep things very even. I wasn't going to count the tiny threads for each stitch. Ack no.
Here is the double herringbone done with a thicker silk thread. I did it wrong the first few tries. I pulled about 8 inches of stitching in total with all my tries. Sigh!
continued http://vanagnessayem.livejournal.com/259175.html
see all photos here http://www.flickr.com/photos/13_costumes/sets/72157622640994017/