I don't like to think when I'm sewing

[frualeydis]

The thing that I dislike most with making the 18th century riding coat is that I have to think all the time. Normally when I make a period garment I really only have to think during the patterning and cutting process - after that I know what I'm doing and it's just a (reasonably) smooth home stretch. But with new periods and new construction I have to think a lot more, like the f**ing pleating at the sides of the skirts. It's not that I can't do Janet Arnold exegetics, just that I prefer when I don't have to.

Having said that I now feel that I'm getting close to my home stretch: the skirts are sewn to the bocide and now I'm putting in the lining and then I'll pattern the sleeves. That shouldn't be hard, since I already have a pattern for this type of sleeve; I just need to change the cuffs.

Comments

[knightsmarshall.livejournal.com]

I can feel your pain! I'm working on my 95th Rifles jacket and the pattern is totally different from what I've done before with my Medieval stuff.

Getting the sleeves to fit the jacket is working but there is alot of double and triple checking.