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Out of Fabric error
Nov. 8th, 2012 09:54 amSchool was okay yesterday. Paul from my class, who works as a teacher for challenged children, is very quickly heading towards a burn-out and he had to spill some of his frustration in class. There was literally no end to the woe, leaving me with a headache.
Officially, when a student starts the practical lessons, she or he must make a pocketspiece, practicing several tailoring techniques and making a few different kinds of welt pockets in the process. My pocketspiece was quickly forgotten when Teacher Helen saw what kind of other cute projects I had lined up. This is of course my own interpretation, as it might just as well be that she's tired of doing the same old piece every time a new student comes around...
The pocketspiece is now completely done!
By the time I was done with the lapel of the jacket it was very nearly folding over on its own. Padstitching, interfacing, and adding extra room to the facing of the thing helped a lot. When you stitch it down it looks like ass, but then you turn everything right side out, and it's all smooth.
The white threads on the piece are either to keep everything in place while pressing or the outline of the pattern piece. They can, in theory, all be removed.
When I continued on my next project I was a little disappointed. My pattern had been checked and I'd traced the whole thing so I had all my pattern pieces ready for work. For this project I have two meters of linen with a geisha print that goes every which way. The only thing that doesn't go upside down is one bit of text (we found that out after fiddling with the pattern piece placement for half an hour).
I wanted to make sure the geisha's were in certain places on the jacket and Helen told me to make sure the hems of the pattern pieces were level, so that all the geisha's would be in the same height on the body. Sound advice! I went ahead and placed pieces, traced them in chalk and then flipped them to make sure their mirror side was just as well-placed.
We didn't have enough fabric. I even tried shuffling everything around, but there was no way I could add both the raglan sleeves to the mix as well. I folded the fabric double, and tried a more traditional approach: placing the pattern pieces on folded fabric, never you mind those silly little geisha's, they'll end up everywhere.
I still didn't have enough fabric. Grr.
I have bought all the supplies for this jacket, which includes a bright orange zipper I'll never use for anything else, so the next step is to find a coordinating fabric somewhere. This shade of khaki green should be out there somewhere, but whether I can find it in two week's time is the big question.
Officially, when a student starts the practical lessons, she or he must make a pocketspiece, practicing several tailoring techniques and making a few different kinds of welt pockets in the process. My pocketspiece was quickly forgotten when Teacher Helen saw what kind of other cute projects I had lined up. This is of course my own interpretation, as it might just as well be that she's tired of doing the same old piece every time a new student comes around...
The pocketspiece is now completely done!
By the time I was done with the lapel of the jacket it was very nearly folding over on its own. Padstitching, interfacing, and adding extra room to the facing of the thing helped a lot. When you stitch it down it looks like ass, but then you turn everything right side out, and it's all smooth.
The white threads on the piece are either to keep everything in place while pressing or the outline of the pattern piece. They can, in theory, all be removed.
When I continued on my next project I was a little disappointed. My pattern had been checked and I'd traced the whole thing so I had all my pattern pieces ready for work. For this project I have two meters of linen with a geisha print that goes every which way. The only thing that doesn't go upside down is one bit of text (we found that out after fiddling with the pattern piece placement for half an hour).
I wanted to make sure the geisha's were in certain places on the jacket and Helen told me to make sure the hems of the pattern pieces were level, so that all the geisha's would be in the same height on the body. Sound advice! I went ahead and placed pieces, traced them in chalk and then flipped them to make sure their mirror side was just as well-placed.
We didn't have enough fabric. I even tried shuffling everything around, but there was no way I could add both the raglan sleeves to the mix as well. I folded the fabric double, and tried a more traditional approach: placing the pattern pieces on folded fabric, never you mind those silly little geisha's, they'll end up everywhere.
I still didn't have enough fabric. Grr.
I have bought all the supplies for this jacket, which includes a bright orange zipper I'll never use for anything else, so the next step is to find a coordinating fabric somewhere. This shade of khaki green should be out there somewhere, but whether I can find it in two week's time is the big question.
