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sewloud ([personal profile] robinsnest) wrote2011-11-26 08:39 pm
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Kicking off the Christmas Season

Rob and I officially kicked off the Christmas season today. We went and saw the new Muppets movie (HIGHLY recommended) and drove around listening to carols on our way to buy our tree. The tree's currently outside on the porch waiting till after dinner to be decorated. 

When we got home Rob crashed into a nap and I worked a bit on my stays. I got all the boning channels sewn, and let me tell you people with an OCD urge for symmetrical things to be perfect shouldn't try to do boning channels! 

Now I have two dilemmas, well one question and one dilemma. 

1. I wanted this to be a fully stash project, I'm unemployed and it's Christmas. I intended to bone with heavy duty cable ties, but I only have a few left, definitely not enough to do the whole thing. I do have some plastic boning that's been hanging around for years, wondering how bad it would be if I use the duct ties on the important points, like the CF and the long diagonal, and filled in the rest with the lightweight boning. My instinct is it's a bad idea, but I REALLY didn't want to spend money on this project, even though a pack of duct ties isn't expensive, it's the principle.

2. The Deiderot pattern calls for little perpendicular pieces of boning in the tabs, I've only ever continued the bones into the tabs and I have them positioned so one bone ends in every tab. Are they necessary? 

[identity profile] sewloud.livejournal.com 2011-11-27 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
yeah I was thinking put the cable ties in that front portion where it really matters, I don't have boobs that need manipulating on my back...stuffed with wool eh? How'd you get it IN there...I might need a picture of this if you wouldn't mind.

[identity profile] estela-dufrayse.livejournal.com 2011-11-27 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I used one of those tube turners that you need to make spagetti straps. Made the channel, then pushed the turner in, grabed the middle of the length of yarn( I used double length for each casing) and then pulled it through. Easy peasy!

I really need to re bind the damn things though, I have bones popping out.