coat mock-up #1
Jun. 12th, 2007 04:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elizabeth_mnI spent a few hours today making shoulder pads for my suit. I wanted really teeny ones, and nobody around here sells 1/4" ones, so I thought I'd better just make them!
I started with crescents of cotton batting,
I stacked them up, then curved them into the right shape, then trimmed off the excess so the edges met.
Then I stitched them together to hold the layers together and to hold the shape.
I really like the way they look! Just a little subtle structure.
Then I started the coat mock-up, and boy, does it suck. I am not happy with it at all!
It's dumpy and ridiculous! The waist is way too big, and the hip area is a bit small. I was worried when I first saw that the front dart was one of those weird slanty hip-to-bust-point ones. I think I'm just going to start over with a new pattern, either one with princess seams or with regular, vertical darts. I guess that means I'm going pattern shopping tomorrow.
I stacked them up, then curved them into the right shape, then trimmed off the excess so the edges met.
Then I stitched them together to hold the layers together and to hold the shape.
I really like the way they look! Just a little subtle structure.
Then I started the coat mock-up, and boy, does it suck. I am not happy with it at all!
It's dumpy and ridiculous! The waist is way too big, and the hip area is a bit small. I was worried when I first saw that the front dart was one of those weird slanty hip-to-bust-point ones. I think I'm just going to start over with a new pattern, either one with princess seams or with regular, vertical darts. I guess that means I'm going pattern shopping tomorrow.
Oh, btw, that is the skirt for the suit I'm wearing in the photos. I think it turned out pretty nice.
