Apr. 27th, 2013

kneebands

Apr. 27th, 2013 07:57 am
elizabeth_mn: (blue silk back)
The breeches kneebands were giving me a hard time last week, and I was a bit stalled.  The band mostly encloses the leg bottom seam allowance, but has that one end hanging free (for the buckles).

The bands didn't seem to fit, until I remembered that I had taken in the legs but forgot to shorten the band.  So I altered the bands I had already made, but they still didn't seem to match up.

Finally noticed that I hadn't clipped at the "clip" mark on the front and back leg pattern.  That solved everything as it freed up the seam allowance so I could actually sew the band properly in place.

It all made sense eventually, but a couple of photos would have helped!

I also decided to go with buckles since I found some nickel-finish ones at Burnley & Trowbridge.  My HB had no opinion about buckles vs. buttons, as long as they weren't brass or gold in color.  I guess I will just fiddle with them to figure out how they are supposed to work!
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