I'm actually attempting to baste the seat into place. It's extremely gathered so that the seams won't be stressed if someone stands on the chair and all their weight is in the middle.
If I re-webbed the seat of the chair I wouldn't need to do this but that's beyond me at present.
Fittings are harder on a chair because it can't hold the pins for me while I fix things.
I'm tightening up around the... armscye? where the arms join the body and I will need to figure out how to keep the skirt tugged down firmly.
Matching the second ear was so easy! I've also updated the pattern for those pieces so that if I have to do this again I'm starting from a better place.
Next I'll join the arms to the wings in that wrinkly corner, then put the piping and fronts on the arms. And then it's hemming. #Sewing
The world is 86% pins
And this thing I'm sewing is technically a "loose" cover but I've just done up its zips and tugged it into place and it's not loose. It's form-fitting. It's a snug cover.
THAT'S IT
no more until September
I'm declaring Finishing Amnesty. The chair is covered, the ends are hemmed, I'm going to sit in it like this for at least two weeks before I take it off again. It's EXHAUSTING getting it on and off for fitting. #Sewing
Ok I have a to do list in order of importance:
Crutches caddy
Underwear
Dungarees
Only the dungarees, which are completely unnecessary, have any progress yet. #Sewing
Me in my grey pyjamas trying on my HUGE ORANGE DUNGAREES over the top.
I think I need to do some ironing next to get to the point of attaching the straps. And I think I understand smocking.
I've topstitched the yoke facing into place and it involved more ironing. Next is more basting, then putting away the body of the shirt and starting on the sleeves.
I have read the instructions for the continuous lap next to the cuffs and I strongly suspect them of being very "now draw the rest of the owl."
Last time I made a shirt, the collar confused me until I had finished it. This time, the sleeve end and cuff are extremely confusing so I hope they'll also become obvious as I plough through.
But I am afraid of the continuous lap. #Sewing
Today I have unpicked and rebasted one sleeve, fully stitched both sleeves, and unpicked both sets of basting.
Next is trimming half one side's seam allowance, ironing in the other side's, and stitching all THAT. So I'm not congratulating myself on my lack of puckering just yet.
@elfkin ME/CFS is incredibly tedious but I'm getting it done a little at a time. On the beautiful Singer, what's more!
The loose-woven slippery linen was much more forgiving to ease into the armscyes than this firm cotton, though. It's the only thing I miss about it.
@artbyailbhe The Singer 201s are a gift from the gods for shirt making. I cannot imagine doing that sort of work on any other machine.
And may I suggest adding a few ease stitches to the sleeve head to aid you in your next sleeve attachment adventure? I find that they can make the method you're using much less trying.
@elfkin ... That's what I have done on, like, girl sleeves with a bit of gather, but the instructions didn't say for this so I never thought of it. I really hope I remember next time. I might just make a note on the pattern.
Edited to add: just wrote it on the relevant section of the instruction sheet. Thank you!
Ailbhe
Chris 🏳️🌈🧵🧝🏼