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Initialization

how to correct false pleats in expensive fabric
On controlling this delicate fabric for faults I noticed a series of hard folds, pressed deep into the fabric structure from the less than careful way it had been spinned onto its roll, causing false pleats which are better avoided, diminutive as they may seem, as the error inflicted when copying patterns on top of them would be especially bothersome because the impact would differ between the left and right halves of the coupe; a due to strict material usage non-omittable premise, luckily well-correctable through exhaustive steam-pressing upto almost no visibility, re-setting a tranquil outlook to this earliest of producing stages.

Fashioning Fur

Creating a russian-looking Gothic hat from fur fabric.Sewing a gothic fur hat into a diamond shape.

Where the dome construction consists out of horizontal layers, its fabric counterpart establishes the Decahat shape by merging vertical straps of fur, each individually cut and joined to the top piece, providing continuity in pile direction, with little stitches tightening marked edge-lines as to facilitate a genuine polyhedral effect.

Strenuous Structures

Gothic architectural domed hat construction

..carved from lightweight greyboard..

Gothic architectural domed hat construction

The Decahat dome construction..

 
Gothic architectural domed hat construction inside

..being covered by its satin lining.

Gothic hat lining

..with added supports on the inside..

 

The hat‘s construction, erected from subsequent layers of thin, though rigid, greyboard, fastened using both adhesive and staples, here displayed in the process of being finished, receiving its lining on gently pressing the softly glued seams into the securely carved ribs, covering all bearings and face-supporting connections.

Significant Trade-up

Happy in having found this little specialist’s tool, geared with a small spring that facilitates rapid snipping, making both the cutting and trimming processes proceed effortlessly in speeding up fur fabric preparation.

Preparing Planks

Tightly constructed base platform to support the weight.Cross-shaped furniture veneer.

Doing the groundwork on a stunted piece of functional furnishing, making chassis and standards from home-finished veneers, using my alternative set of tools, aligning boards with glue before screwing them secured.

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