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Quick Fix

Posted by on October 24, 2011 1 comment

Almost Finished Left Bracer

In realizing I would not be able to get both bracers duly finished in time, I decided to shift all focus onto completing at least one of them, upholding quality standards while granting myself some sleep before a heavy few days of melodious appreciation ahead.

I ultimately wound up stringing a cordonnet-thread as a temporal solution for lacing up the bracer onto the point where I could easily get my hand through and swiftly sew the bracer fastened around my arm whilst on the road to wearing a new piece in pride.

Protective Shells

Posted by on October 21, 2011 1 comment
Steam-pressing staggered pleats

Steam-pressing staggered pleats

Two bracers' pieces, freshly cut

Two bracers' pieces, freshly cut

 
Protective Shells, Fixed up and brought into folds

Fixed up and brought into folds

Single Bracer, Sewn together in outer seam

Sewn together in outer seam

 

Illustrating the total process on manipulating one inherently difficult seam, procured by sewing contravening velvet pleats together, followed by refining inner seam allowances through cutting overlap and allowing naps to neatly bring the whole formation into shape, producing fancily free cuspy folds.

Sew-on Bow Ties

Posted by on October 11, 2011 3 comments

Sewn-on Bow Ties
Revealing a little secret in fastening the Green Shirt cuffs and collar, by skipping the need for having someone present to tie loose ribbons into bows on every wear, as ready-made ones have already been sewn onto worked-in strips, neatly keeping the cuff folds in place while augmented with a regular button closure to sustain the wrist enabling easy dressing and undressing, a concept that is in the same manner repeated by using a hidden press-button on the neck closure.

Fierce Collar

Posted by on October 6, 2011 3 comments

Capeline pattern, Collar patternHeavy-duty sew-on interfacing

The patterns defining capeline and collar for the Scarlet Cape, each exist out of five compartments circularly deviating from the neckline in frontwards growing intervals, that will be individually cut as incurvated pieces sewn together maintaining unity in velvet shine direction before being placed around a single piece of heavy-duty interfacing cut from the composite pattern with carved-out darts to uphold that tantalizing neck-curve.

Working in Double

Posted by on August 30, 2011 4 comments

Green Veil and tafeta combined as a single material

Combining multiple fabrics into one, when inducted as a form of accentuation it is one thing, but when constructing a complete garment, like the Green Shirt, out of such composite material, extraneous precautions such as locking all pieces individually into baste and keeping their threads aligned into the seams, start forming quite a challenge; in this case, however perhaps, slightly uplifted by the two-layer attribute at direct disposal for holdings folds in place and hiding seam allowances without the introduction of extra lining.

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