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Final major tasks for the pinafore was attaching the pockets, sewing everything together, and some top stitching around the collars to prevent rolling. I’ll finish it up later…
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After over a month waiting for fray check to arrive (they ‘forgot’ about my order), I was finally able to finish this off. I hate doing button holes as it you stuff it up the whole piece is basically screwed, but thankfully my machine’s button holing function behaved! Made with black wool with silver flecks,…
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After much frustration where the wool completely rended, twice!, on one of the front panels when reversing, we finally have a waistcoat ready for top stitching. The wool tended to rend along seams, particularly where raw edges frayed endlessly. So after the original front panel, then the replacement panel rended, I just went to town…
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Almost finished the wedding waistcoat. Today’s job was doing the cinch (using two bowtie buckles so it looks neater), and pinning the front & backs together ready for stitching.
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Finished all the bunting! In total there is around 30ish metres of bunting (enough to span 6m between two trees twice and to edge 3 tables). Sewing all this used up a bit over 1300 metres of thread! But my, it does look pretty festive!