Stop and Move on...

You know that I started on that silk muslin blouse last week. I interlined it with jersey and I really spent so much time on that one.
So I know now that the jersey is not the right fabric. It is too slippery and too stretchy. Even hand basted the 2 fabrics were moving when being sewn. I resolved that by using thin tissue on the fabric when sewing but still it was nerve wrecking.



The other issue is the different stretch of the fabrics - this is what basically happens.



I used a 60 microtex needle and an embroidery thread. That worked. But I think I will let this project rest a bit till I feel better about it - it is anyway a summer dress and it is still very much snowing here. I will show you next what I am making instead. I need a better interline fabric - something more hoarse and I will take some time searching for one. Any suggestions?

New Projects emerging

So I am starting some new slow motion projects. It means they will take some time and I will try to make them very neat and learn some new techniques along the way! I guess I will be making some peanuts in between (like 2 hour T-shirts and I still have to make the draft how to). The first project is a cape out of a navy wool that I am trying to draft myself. I will post it later on.
The project I started is this dress from the BWOF 3/2008. It is the model Nr. 116.




I will make it knee length. It will be out of a yellow dotted 100 % silk I got on ebay - I bought a package with a 4 m of this silk and 4 m black wool blend for 7 eu. I loved that fabric so that I would have definitely pay more.
The silk is slightly sheer so I underlined it with a nude jersey and I think it works quite well. I have no experience at all in sewing silk so I am not that sure if it is a good idea with the jersey...
I found this and this video useful though.



I am working on a muslin right now, but only as a blouse. I am using the same jersey and a thin silk fabric I got for 3.90 eu. It has some print mistakes but I was able to cut around them.
Here the jersey silk test:


The blouse so far: It is only hand basted I havent started on the machine stitching yet. The fit is quite good and you can easily be adjusted by using the darts. Cutting took forever cause I had to cut the jersey, baste it to the silk and then cut it. I will show the procedure with the real dress.
I didn't know how to finish the sleeves edges. I tried to hem them by hand but I couldn't get it right. No idea how to hem round edges properly...
I ended using this technique, which worked great on this fabric, but I wouldn't like using it for the yellow one. Must figure that one out...


Hm. It is looking a bit like a 70s curtain - so I am moving backwards in time coming from the 80s in the previous posts. I loved that print when I was buying it and still like it but sometimes I get this curtain feeling about it...