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| it was a very good vacation |
I have been off the grid for a bit here on account of rather a lot of travel; we were on vacation (in California, which is beautiful and has much going for it, but not a lot of medieval interest), but then there was a sudden trip to the UK for unhappy reasons[1], and between those things and emotional drain and trying to catch up at work and the beginning of holiday wharrgarbl, my art has had to take rather a back-seat for a time[2].
I pulled myself back in harness last week and got cracking on the pourpoint's buttonholes again, only to run out of thread all of a sudden. -_- I've ordered more, and it should be here in another few days, but in the interim I thought it might be good to get moving on the silk under-dress I cut out two months ago. I have already burbled some thoughts regarding this undertaking; and my resultant decision points are:
- no lining,
- hand-sew (and finish) the seams,
- sewn, not buttoned, lower sleeves,
- laced front closure.
The current internal conflict is whether to baste the pieces together first, rather than just pinning & sewing the seams directly. I understand that's best medieval practice, and since I'm not actually up against the wall, I should maybe try doing things right for a change instead of listening to Whiny Impatient Me and just plunging in. I am also going to wax the thread properly with the iron an' all.
I think I have plenty decent linen thread to use for internal construction; will have to dig around to see if I've got an appropriate silk for eyelets, seam finishing, and the $&@! tablet-woven edge for the center front, but that's less urgent. Oh yes, and silk scraps for facings, since I'm not lining it.
ugh it's 1:30pm already
[1] and shortly I shall be going again for similar reasons
[2] I did do some knitting on the plane(s). And figured out how to do kitchener stitch without a tapestry needle.
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