Still jonesing after the 18th century
May. 13th, 2007 10:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
msmcknittingtonI still can't get a robe a l'anglaise out of my head. I intended to cut the skirt for my Tudor kirtle today, since that's really the last thing left to do, but instead I looked at robes a l'anglaise on the Internet all day. Like this one, which is truly lovely. It also brought me to the realization that I'd be willing to use *gasp* shantung for this project. So, I trundled over to Fashion Fabrics Club and found a billionty beautiful silk shantungs for $9/yd. Oooh, copper. Oooh, pink. Oh, holy drooling, royal blue! Obnoxious, obnoxious royal blue!
Wait, when did this become a project? I haven't even decided if I want to make this, right? I don't even know anything about the 18th century, past watching the musical 1776 an indecent number of times.
I've also come to the realization that I hate bag lining. I can never get it to turn neatly and the lining is always rolling out and BLAH. I can't even figure out why patterns for modern clothing always call for bag lining. I always end up flat lining and finishing stuff with bias strips or facings. Flat lining and finishing seams with tapes, etc. is so much easier. You just have to be willing to do a little handsewing.
I can make a corset, I can drape a pattern on a dummy, I could probably even drape a pattern on a smart person, but I cannot bag line worth a damn.
Pah. I wish I hadn't sent all my fabric home with my mom on Saturday. I could be doing something easy like making a partlet, but instead I'm sitting here looking at shantung I can't afford and making little hamster noises. The kind they make when you hold a carrot just in front of them but don't let them touch it.
No! Bad Sarah! No shantung for you!
Wait, when did this become a project? I haven't even decided if I want to make this, right? I don't even know anything about the 18th century, past watching the musical 1776 an indecent number of times.
I've also come to the realization that I hate bag lining. I can never get it to turn neatly and the lining is always rolling out and BLAH. I can't even figure out why patterns for modern clothing always call for bag lining. I always end up flat lining and finishing stuff with bias strips or facings. Flat lining and finishing seams with tapes, etc. is so much easier. You just have to be willing to do a little handsewing.
I can make a corset, I can drape a pattern on a dummy, I could probably even drape a pattern on a smart person, but I cannot bag line worth a damn.
Pah. I wish I hadn't sent all my fabric home with my mom on Saturday. I could be doing something easy like making a partlet, but instead I'm sitting here looking at shantung I can't afford and making little hamster noises. The kind they make when you hold a carrot just in front of them but don't let them touch it.
No! Bad Sarah! No shantung for you!