I Haz Pockets!
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robinsnestI finally finished my pocket hoops!
I had to make pockets in College and what I remember most of all was what a ROYAL pain it was to sew on the bottom because making the inside corners line up is incredibly difficult. When you hand sew them on you quickly realize that this makes the whole process LOADS easier. I'm a big believer that period shapes weren't designed with a sewing machine in mind, so sometimes you just have to hand sew to make it work.
Here are my bottom pieces pinned on ready to be fell stitched...
And here I am hand stitching said bottom on..
Very exciting no? So then we move on to the top. Now the costumer in me has the need to make everything flexible for future use, you never know who will need to borrow your pockets right? So instead of gathering them down and sewing them directly to the waist band I made channels so they can be slid around to adjust for different waist sizes.
Finally I boned them. Now this is where we reach my OH SHIT moment. You see the boning channels I sewed on were exactly the width of the 5/8" reed I was using, however when I sewed the bottoms on instead of carefully folding up just my 1/4" seam allowance I folded up a generous 1//2"...meaning my lovely reed was too big for the end! Eeek! well lucky for me you can cut it down!
Bob tells me that this will weaken the structural integrity of the reed in the long run...but at the moment I don't care!
my lovely model is demonstrating how they will fit a wide range of sizes!
Next step Gown-Ward!
I had to make pockets in College and what I remember most of all was what a ROYAL pain it was to sew on the bottom because making the inside corners line up is incredibly difficult. When you hand sew them on you quickly realize that this makes the whole process LOADS easier. I'm a big believer that period shapes weren't designed with a sewing machine in mind, so sometimes you just have to hand sew to make it work.
Here are my bottom pieces pinned on ready to be fell stitched...
And here I am hand stitching said bottom on..
Very exciting no? So then we move on to the top. Now the costumer in me has the need to make everything flexible for future use, you never know who will need to borrow your pockets right? So instead of gathering them down and sewing them directly to the waist band I made channels so they can be slid around to adjust for different waist sizes.
Finally I boned them. Now this is where we reach my OH SHIT moment. You see the boning channels I sewed on were exactly the width of the 5/8" reed I was using, however when I sewed the bottoms on instead of carefully folding up just my 1/4" seam allowance I folded up a generous 1//2"...meaning my lovely reed was too big for the end! Eeek! well lucky for me you can cut it down!
Bob tells me that this will weaken the structural integrity of the reed in the long run...but at the moment I don't care!
my lovely model is demonstrating how they will fit a wide range of sizes!
Next step Gown-Ward!
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Date: 2011-01-20 02:39 am (UTC)Mine are on an adjustable waistband in just the same manner :D
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Date: 2011-01-20 06:51 am (UTC)Bloggity bloggity blog
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