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Sarabande Primary Outfit

Posted by on July 14, 2011 1 comment

Sarabande II, Primary Outfit

Drudgework

Posted by on July 13, 2011 No comments

The Rider Vest, last stages of assemblagesecured and stitched-off vest armoholesecured vest hemline and front openingThe most important stitchings determining a garment’s worth are those the eye cannot see, in this particular case the series of cross- and side-stitches fixing the folds within the seam allowance and guiding the later inwards leaving a solid border defining the garment’s edges while allowing ample space for a back-stitch to sew-on the lining.

Buying Trimming

Posted by on July 12, 2011 No comments

Wading through towering structures of flash-ribbons, frill-lints and sequin trims to make my way to the back end of the store in hopeful pursuit of purchasing the last remainder on the curbed-link silver-chain rolls.

The trimming realms

Groundwork

Posted by on July 11, 2011 2 comments

cutting fabric using advanced vest patternsall vest pieces fully prepared for assemblage

After separately cutting the pieces for the Rider Vest they undergo a set of pre-production procedures, steaming any wrinkles out of the dense black velvet, carefully ironing the fold-lines into place, leaving the pieces ready for assemblage as soon as the pressed-on interfacing sets in.

Prototyping

Posted by on July 10, 2011 1 comment

vest patterns traced onto cottonassembling prototype in bastetaking corrections after fitting

Having the principal patterns drawn, the next thing to do is tracing the vest‘s pieces onto cotton, working out a textile base for trying out the new design, applying pins to adjust the fit where necessary, redrawing the seam-lines on the cotton using chalk to eventually copy the correct alterations back onto the patterns.

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