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| done button holes! |
FINALLY I picked up my Hokuto costume again! YAY! Still struggling for motivation, but all of the shirt's button holes, except the cuff button holes are done! I wanted to make the more visible top button hole last, so I'd have more control and it would turn out neater. The others are definitely not so neat.
I may still sew the cuffs tonight, or not, it's almost 2:30 a.m. now, but I'm rather determined to finally finish the shirt, sewing the buttons will be the last thing to do, but I don't mind that.
Why do I make button holes by hand, if I find making them such a torture? Well, my sewing machine is going on 60 years old, and I was never able to control the button hole making setting very well, and in this flimsy fabric... nope, I'd rather endure the torture of making button holes by hand.
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| finished shirt. |
UPDATE (2 days later)
FINISHED THE SHIRT! Well, I may still trim the inside of the sleeves' seam, it's about 2cm wide, which is too much, but the shirt is finished, button holes done, buttons sewn, pressed, wearable. Unlike the button holes, I rather like sewing on buttons, so, tonight I made the cuffs' button holes and sewn on all the buttons.
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| the buttons |
As I probably mentioned before, the "normal" buttons come from my grandfathers' village general store, they're probably 70 years old, and the sparkly, visible buttons, are cheap buttons from the Chinese beads and trinkets store.
2 down, 8 to go!
+ Unlike the previous button holes, which I made one at a time, tonight I made 4! button holes!
- The top button hole looks nice, but the others, not so much...
THE CUNNING PLAN
Make the cuffs' button holes and sewed the buttons. Only a little bit to go 🤏!
Update, with the shirt 100% done, I think I'll tackle another thing I'm not a big fan of next, the bias tape cutting and pressing (for the jacket).
I'm also thinking of testing the taffeta for the skirt and bloomers' hems. I'll test the embroidery, with and without the freezer paper to stabilise it, with normal thread, and the rolled hem foot. I wanted to buy the satin lace, but, in true Murphy's Law style, when I finally had the money to order the lace, it was sold out... u_u
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