The printed gown

[frualeydis]

Yesterday I finished the printed gown. It has taken less time than expected, since the only wayt to stand the pain from my arthirtis rigth now is a) to take tramadol and b) to try and distract myself. Hence lots of sewing.

The cut is based on the gown of St. Elisabeth of Thuringia, from the 13th century. The buttons are made from red wool.

The gown is partly machine sewn - that is: the straigth seams are sewn on machine. But it's amazing how much hand work there still is on a machine sewn gown: All the seams are felled by hand. All hems are of course made by hand, and for the sleeve openings that meant first whipping down the edges, then sewing a bias strip over that and then making the buttonholes. And the buttons.

Comments

[clothsprogs.livejournal.com]

Beautiful!

Teddy

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm really, really happy with it.

/Eva

[m-nivalis.livejournal.com]

You look great! Now I want to do a printed dress too... (although logistically it'll have to wait several years - there are many more important things on the to-do list)

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I sort of want to print more now, but I need to do some more research on the subject before that.

/Eva

[mrs_maupin]

You look absolutely fabulous ! the printmakign nerd in me is curious of how you printed it ?

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

I used a printing block that I got at a hobby shop, carved in plastic I presume. I also used ordinary textile paint, the kind that you fix with an iron afterwards. The I did lots of boring printing on fabric :)

/Eva

[koshka-the-cat.livejournal.com]

It's fabulous!

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

/Eva

[jenthompson.livejournal.com]

That's so beautiful!

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I am very pleased with it.

/Eva