MLS Designs

Even though I have LOADS to do, here I am posting photos! I'm working in the shop today, and I only had enough hand sewing ready to occupy the morning, so, as I have nothing else to do, I may as well post some photos!
First up, some photos from back in May when girliegirl32786 came to stay! The highlight of her visit was our trip to Kedleston Hall, so naturally I needed a new outfit! I eventually decided on a pierrot jacket, in a blue and white striped ribbed silk. I wish I hadn't decided to chevron my stripes though! and I completely blame koshka_the_cat and her gorgeous stripedy 18thC dresses for the insanity that ensued!

So, ( pop under the cut for the pretties... )
Now that I've posted these photos, I'm starting to think maybe I want to take my pierrot to CosCol, hmmm, if I don't manage to get both bustle dresses done, it might not be a bad idea!

So, when I made the blue bonnet last month, I was looking at the rest of the fabric, wondering what it wanted to be, when I realised, it needs to be a pierrot jacket, with a fluffy white muslin petticoat and big hat. So, this is where I've got to:



The petticoat is an old one, I need to take it off the waist band, re-pleat it and shorten it quite a bit, I'm going for the lovely almost ankle length you see a lot with these jackets.

I will be wearing it next weekend when girliegirl32786 comes to stay. We're going to Kedleston for the day, and I imagine the weather will be just as bad as it is now! The perfect excuse to make something I've wanted for a long time, mitts!



They're made from the scraps of blue wool left over from the spencer I wore with the bonnet, the scraps were so small the mitts had to be pieced, but I forgot to get a photo. They're lined in white china silk, with white taffeta point linings. I stitched the short seams on the thumbs in the lining and wool, then turned in the seam allowances and put the lining inside the wool and did a running stitch around the openings. The main pieces were put together right sides facing, and I stitched around the thumb openings, clipped the seam allowance and turned them through. I pressed under the edges and did a running stitch at the wrist edge, and slip stitched the hand edge ( so the blue stitches didn't show on the white point). Then I attached the finished thumb to the finished thumb opening with herringbone stitch ( the same as the decorative lines on the back of the hand) I joined the mitts together with a herringbone stitch too, but pinned the seam to paper with a few mm gap to make a stretchy faggoted seam.



I don't why I keep saying 'them' I've only made one so far!!!! hopefully I can finish the other one tomorrow while I'm working at the shop.