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Stays progress
Jan. 7th, 2013 08:05 pmThese photos are from Thursday, when I was getting ready to go away for the weekend. I cut out all my pieces, then did a practice boning channel to work out the size they needed to be, and how I should stitch them: what thread to use and which stitch, I opted for 1 strand of silk thread and my strange bastardised version of a backstitch/running stitch combo ;)
The reed is great, I'm so excited to see how it's going to work out in the end! nice and strong, and SO light, and it doesn't show through the pale linen at all. My practice eyelet went in very easily, but now I just need to find something to lace them with.
I stitched the linen to the canvas with a long machine stitch along the sides, where the pieces will be whipped together, then I marked all the channels with a mechanical pencil (which shows through the thread and makes my lovely new pale pink linen look all grey and grubby :( still, I suppose it'll be actually grey and grubby soon enough!)
So, like I said, these photos are from before my weekend away, I took my sewing with me though, like a good little girl, and I'm amazed how much I got done! I only took four panels: both backs, a side back and a side front, and I finished them all! and would have had time to do at least one more, if not two or three! Oh well, hopefully it won't take too long now I'm home, I got most of the side back done in my lunch break today ;)
I have a question for you stays makers though. I'm planning to bind them with leather, and have so far failed to find out if the reed should finish right at the edge of the stays inside the binding, or if it should stop at the stitching holding the binding on?
The reed is great, I'm so excited to see how it's going to work out in the end! nice and strong, and SO light, and it doesn't show through the pale linen at all. My practice eyelet went in very easily, but now I just need to find something to lace them with.
I stitched the linen to the canvas with a long machine stitch along the sides, where the pieces will be whipped together, then I marked all the channels with a mechanical pencil (which shows through the thread and makes my lovely new pale pink linen look all grey and grubby :( still, I suppose it'll be actually grey and grubby soon enough!)
So, like I said, these photos are from before my weekend away, I took my sewing with me though, like a good little girl, and I'm amazed how much I got done! I only took four panels: both backs, a side back and a side front, and I finished them all! and would have had time to do at least one more, if not two or three! Oh well, hopefully it won't take too long now I'm home, I got most of the side back done in my lunch break today ;)
I have a question for you stays makers though. I'm planning to bind them with leather, and have so far failed to find out if the reed should finish right at the edge of the stays inside the binding, or if it should stop at the stitching holding the binding on?
