Show threadSini TuuliaMar 13, 2025

Quickly slapped on wig, lipstick, scarf and hat to document it this much at least! It's way too warm in my living room for this. ๐Ÿ˜† I may have done multiple more little dances in addition to this one here!

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Sini TuuliaMar 13, 2025

Oh wow, I think I finished the jacket. Attached the bodice lining to the sleeve lining and... That was it, I think. There's nothing left but pressing the ever living heck out of it and maybe documenting it somehow, but... Jacket done?  

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Sini TuuliaMar 12, 2025
There's only attaching the bodice lining onto the arm's eye left in the #1890sCheckJacket - sleeve lining is in, everything else is done as well. It's going to be a bit fiddly, and the jacket weighs a tonne... So I'm not exactly thrilled to start doing it, though I'll probably at least try to get it tacked on, so I can see if it's started to pull for any reason between when I fitted it and now.
Show threadSini TuuliaMar 10, 2025

Well thank fuck that looks better after all the work than before. I switched the side the seam allowances are persuaded onto from sleeve side to bodice side, and put the sleeve lining in. Sewing into and through all the layers is kind of terrible, and I don't want to consider how I'm going to get the bodice lining on the arm's eye nicely. I've done this before, but time has gilded the memories!

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Sini TuuliaMar 10, 2025

Have been doing little slow tasks about the #1890sCheckJacket and have just now realised I want to do them differently, and need to undo almost everything I've done today. Ah well, should be a tiny bit easier to do again since I already know what works, I guess?

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Sini TuuliaMar 9, 2025

The second sleeve? It just pretty much went on without a hassle! All the hassles were expended on the other sleeve I guess.
Now I'm just going to ponder them for a bit, probably trim the cuffs (after pondering them also, they're just safety pinned into length here) and see if they behave differently after pressing. And if it's still all good, I'll have to properly sew them on and see about the lining! (Fitting gif.)

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Show threadSini TuuliaMar 8, 2025

So. I took the sleeve off, partially unpicked it, took out a scoop of fabric off the front seam of the upper sleeve, turned the cuffs a bit more, and did the same to the other sleeve. And then put one sleeve back on. Better. It's hours later and my hands hurt, but it's better. ๐Ÿ˜‚ (Fitting gif!)

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Sini TuuliaMar 8, 2025
Meanwhile in #1890sCheckJacket - I've speculatively gazed at the one sleeve I machine sewed on (my trusty old Husqvarna apparently chewing through all that wool without issue) and determined that it might sit better if I made it narrower along the bicep and elbow bit in a very specific way, so I guess now I'm taking the sleeve off, making that adjustment and putting it back on again! Ah heck. ๐Ÿ˜…
Sini TuuliaMar 7, 2025

I can't believe it wasn't more of a struggle getting the sleeve on there. Honestly more of an ordeal to get it under the sewing machine than situating it, it's just basted and pinned on here. The lower sleeve I can just properly attach, the upper sleeve I need to shift the gathers a bit to rotate it. But it's on there and it's big! (Fitting gif, sans little dance.)

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Sini TuuliaMar 7, 2025

On stay-stitching and flat-lining when sewing: When you're joining very different shape pieces, it's nicer to pin them together when you can feel the exact line where the seam needs to go. It will also prevent them from stretching when handled, and unravelling when grading seams.
And when you use a flat-lining in a different colour, you can also see what the heck you're doing even when using thread that blends with the fashion fabric!

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