My recently acquired well-fitting linen pants needed just a little lengthening, which was most feasibly done using their provided seam allowance by loosening the hemline stitching, enclosing the original hem in a small pleat (1), pressing the remaining fabric back outwards, stitching the new hemline off with a sturdy cotton (2), sewing the later onto the inside of the pleat (3) leaving an impeccable finish before ironing the crease into the newly created faux cuff.
Finishing a non-standard hemline, like the concave form on the Slanted Jacket works best when it is stitched off with a likewise-cut strip of the same material, having the actual lining sewn to it with a medium backstitch afterwards.
Apart from obtaining the projected hemline, the addition of the facing-strip comes with some extra dexterity, in this particular case enhancing the pelt-ish intent of the bolero-jacket, unfortunately non-adaptable to the basque-like skirt-appendage for the lower-garment-friction it would bring.
Using a strip of black venice lace that has a intricately interresting structure for finishing the trailing hemline of the brocade inset piece, mirroring the Gothic cape’s window-like design with a scaled repetitive reflection.
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