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Detachables

Red Shirt Detachables

? detachable belt and front-panel for the Red Shirt

Having slice-lines accurately marked with fine white thread, these individually finished pieces are to be sent off to the boutonier to have their buttonholes done.

 

 

 

Presswork

Velvet Frame, BEFORE pressingVelvet Frame, AFTER pressing

When pressing seams in velvet without decimating its shine, it is preferable to keep contact with the iron to an absolute minimum, relying heavily on both steam and suction while padding a brush to get the job done.

Lining

Red Shirt LiningEscaping inessential seams

Luckily, the non-visibility of the lining allows to cut some corners.

Pleated Ruffles

Ruffle sequence (1), drawn (2) and stitched (3) on pleated fabrics, turned inside-out (4)

Having stitched the jagged-line ruffle-sequence into the silk and lining (basted spread-open right sides together), turning them inside-out makes their pleats fall consummately into each-other.

Before doing so, there is still  the necessary notching of the seam followed by iron-pressing the slanting edges inwards,  in order to obtain discerningly cuspy points.

 

 

A little bit of everything…

Darts in RSS Wrong SideFolded-over layers on RSS Right Side

Reducing the Red Shirt Sleeve to half its width takes basting, sewing, folding, pressing, measuring, remeasuring plus above all: utmost attention.

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