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| pocket stabilizing |
While drafting and sewing the jacket's skirt, I forgot I could have made the pocket reach the waist, to be more stable and able to support more stress. I just grabbed my go-to inset pocket patterns, and forgot. To reinforce and stabilise it, I added a piece of grosgrain ribbon to the outer end of the pocket, and attached it to the waist. I had already basted the waist, but it's OK, I'll slip it in betwee the layers while I'm sewing the skirt to the bodice.
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| started with the glove's thumb |
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| trying on the thumb |
Meanwhile, I forgot to post about the gloves. I had some leftover thread from sewing the skirt's lining, and, instead of winding it back to the spool, I decided to start the gloves. The gloves are probably the piece I'm most insecure about, mostly because I'm using a non-stretch fabric on the bias, for some stretch. I drafted my pattern from stretchy fabric gloves, so I fear they might be too tight and I'll have to remake them. Unfortunately that's something I will only know when the glove is completely, or almost competely sewn. The thumb feels ok, I can bend it easily, so let's hope I don't have to draft them bigger.
+ The pockets won't hold much more than my phone and small items, but I don't want the weight to pull down the skirt. This isn't the ideal solution, but it works. I started the gloves!!! Sewing them by hand is easier, because they're a fiddly item.
- The gloves might be too tight, let's hope not.
THE CUNNING PLAN
Sew the jacket's skirt to the bodice. Cut the petticoat's tulle, so I can sew it on the machine, while I'm at my mom's for xmas.
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