A Petticoat! Plus, Fun with Beads
Jun. 29th, 2013 12:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elizabeth_mnThis still needs a hem. I'm wearing it over my padded petticoat and one plain linen petticoat, and on my feet I've got the Fugawee Annas that ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
undycat gave me.
For the fall opening/pocket slits, I placed a scrap RS together with the skirt, then stitched a narrow rectangle, slashed down the center, and turned the scrap/facing to the WS. I used a pick stitch to edgestitch the opening and for strength I worked a buttonhole stitch around the bottom. I don't know if this is period but it sure made sense to me.
Now, about that hem. I've handsewn this entire ensemble so far, and I've really enjoyed it! But for all that I am a recently converted handsewing fanatic, I haven't handsewn a skirt hem in at least, oh, um, 10 years? I've hemmed small projects, like my cuff ruffles. But a whole skirt? It is daunting.
The other thing I have been up to is stringing beads. I always think this will take 10 minutes but it always ends up being over an hour before I have something I'm willing to wear out of the house. I worked on a few projects and they are all pink. I did not plan this.
I often have issues with necklaces because my collarbones are knobby, which makes necklaces lay funny, and I also have a sensitive throat; I can't stand anything heavy or tight over my throat or I start feeling like I can't breathe. So sometimes the necklace lengths are awkward but they are what works for me.
I made this necklace and earring set from soft pink color glass pearls in 3 sizes to go with my cupcake ballgown.
I used silk cord to string it, and at first I tried to do the traditional pearl knotting technique, but I hated the way it looked. My knots are untidy and I just don't like all that space between each pearl.
I also strung some pink quartz, possibly to go with the curtain dress? I also have some lapis-color glass beads I might use. I know the black ribbon choker with pendant was a really popular look but I can't stand to wear chokers. I'm wearing it with a printed neck scarf from ebay seller Full Moon Loom.
Plus some earrings just for fun. Dyed hot pink mother-of-pearl rectangles.
undycat gave me.For the fall opening/pocket slits, I placed a scrap RS together with the skirt, then stitched a narrow rectangle, slashed down the center, and turned the scrap/facing to the WS. I used a pick stitch to edgestitch the opening and for strength I worked a buttonhole stitch around the bottom. I don't know if this is period but it sure made sense to me.
Now, about that hem. I've handsewn this entire ensemble so far, and I've really enjoyed it! But for all that I am a recently converted handsewing fanatic, I haven't handsewn a skirt hem in at least, oh, um, 10 years? I've hemmed small projects, like my cuff ruffles. But a whole skirt? It is daunting.
The other thing I have been up to is stringing beads. I always think this will take 10 minutes but it always ends up being over an hour before I have something I'm willing to wear out of the house. I worked on a few projects and they are all pink. I did not plan this.
I often have issues with necklaces because my collarbones are knobby, which makes necklaces lay funny, and I also have a sensitive throat; I can't stand anything heavy or tight over my throat or I start feeling like I can't breathe. So sometimes the necklace lengths are awkward but they are what works for me.
I made this necklace and earring set from soft pink color glass pearls in 3 sizes to go with my cupcake ballgown.
I used silk cord to string it, and at first I tried to do the traditional pearl knotting technique, but I hated the way it looked. My knots are untidy and I just don't like all that space between each pearl.
I also strung some pink quartz, possibly to go with the curtain dress? I also have some lapis-color glass beads I might use. I know the black ribbon choker with pendant was a really popular look but I can't stand to wear chokers. I'm wearing it with a printed neck scarf from ebay seller Full Moon Loom.
Plus some earrings just for fun. Dyed hot pink mother-of-pearl rectangles.
