That sounds like a good idea, both ideas do:
Is there any chance you can
find some embroidered fabric to use of the plastron and bodice back,
and then appliqué some of the motifs onto straps made from plain
matching fabric?<
and
>You can achieve very nice effects using basic stitches in
interesting ways, or doing free- motion sewing - set stitch length to
zero, lower feed dogs, get a darning or embroidery foot, and go! It
takes practice, but you can create almost any pattern that way. If you
need a guide, copy or trace the design onto thin paper, baste it to
the project, and tear it away after it's done.<
I looked all over to work with my original idea, which comes close to
what you were saying about appliqueing the embroidered parts... I
wanted to find something I could use just as contrasting fabric but
nothing turned up cause the material is very hard to match. I don't
think the portable, new(er) sewing machine I end up using has a darning
or embroidery foot, and I wouldnt know where to get one right now. But,
the old beast of a machine, the Sears Kenmore from I think 1971 that
comes in this huge open-out table/cabinet set up does I think. It's a
very old school machine and complicated. while it can do alot. It has
all the original accessories, and the other night I learned it has two
or three hemming feet like I used on the commercial sewing machine
0Adoing replacement convertible tops a few years back so maybe I should
take all my laundry room stuff off it, clean it up, and try using it.
Once i get the pieces cut out I am going to get pricing for having them
done, and if she gives me too high a cost I will try it on my machine.
Its ashame, today a girl in my class was wearing a sweatjacket with the
exact kind of embroidery i would like!
Thank you again everyone who is helping me with this project, it means
alot and hopefully when it gets done I'll have made something not too
terrible of it. Take care:)
-Justine.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ruth Anne Baumgartner <[email protected]>
To: Historical Costume <[email protected]>
Sent: Tue, Sep 1, 2009 7:14 am
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Embroidery (was:Help! Enlarging with a
photocopier)
Long long time ago I made my prom gown out of a white linen fabric
that had an overall pattern of embroidered roses. My shoes were also
white linen, and I cut two roses out of the leftover fabric and
appliquéed them onto the side-fronts of my shoes. From only inches
away you couldn't tell they were sewn on. Is there any chance you can
find some embroidered fabric to use of the plastron and bodice back,
and then appliqué some of the motifs onto straps made from plain
matching fabric? Or would that be too much bulk?
--Ruth Anne Baumgartner
scholar gypsy and amateur costumer
On Aug 31, 2
009, at 11:32 PM, Pierre & Sandy Pettinger wrote:
Justine,
What sort of machine do you have? You can achieve very nice
effects using basic stitches in interesting ways, or doing free-
motion sewing - set stitch length to zero, lower feed dogs, get a
darning or embroidery foot, and go! It takes practice, but you can
create almost any pattern that way. If you need a guide, copy or
trace the design onto thin paper, baste it to the project, and tear
it away after it's done. It takes more time than having a fancy
embroidery machine, but remember - good (read fancy), fast, cheap -
pick two!
HTH,
Sandy
At 09:19 PM 8/31/2009, you wrote:
What complicated things, is that the dress calls for a plastron,
bodice back, and trimming all made from the dress fabric but
embroidered, or a really nice contrasting fabric. It won't work
without having the strips of material for trimming, because they
are used to hold the back parts of the polonaise together with
buckles. I foresee in the near future, spending alot of money to
have them embroidered by my friend around the corner with the much
needed embroiderer. Pity I don't have that king of all
computerized home embroidering machines at a beautiful ...$6k...
(oy) now.
When i went to Joann's my goal was to find some sort of
contrasting but harmonizing wide tape trim or ribbon to use
i
nstead. Had I found some, that would have left me up the creek
without a paddle for the plastron and bodice back so i think
embroidery like originally used, even real fast sparse embroidered
motifs, are best.
-Justine.
"Those Who Fail to Learn History
Are Doomed to Repeat It;
Those Who Fail To Learn History Correctly -
Why They Are Simply Doomed."
Achemdro'hm
"The Illusion of Historical Fact"
-- C. Y. 4971
Andromeda
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