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pearlI forgot I have a webcam, so here are some low-quality images.
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felinophile, I hope you approve of this use of your fabric. :)
Here's a bad attempt at photographing the entire hood.
Here's a photo of the strings, which I'm now 95% sure should be a lot further back from the face hole. There's always next time, right?
AAARGH! What the hell is THAT!? It's gonna devour my soul!
Looking much better, with the laces tied together...
The skirt of the hood. Yep, it's meant to be all pointy like that.
The yellow wool blend is a tabby weave, and it's all French seamed with a lemon yellow silk thread, and when that ran out, a poly-cotton thread. The 'embroidery' along the seams and strings are woollen; the embroidery thread is from Erickr's Homespun, dyed with Azelea, and the string is made from balls and balls of wool from the op-shop, that is also being used as cord-edging on the shirt.
What could be done better
The strings probably need moving further back, and if budget wasn't a concern I'd find some magical twill wool that fulls at the drop of a hat, so I could finish the hems with whipstitching without folding over. I'm very proud of the size of my french seams though!
My hems, with a pen for comparison: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v
felinophile, I hope you approve of this use of your fabric. :)Here's a bad attempt at photographing the entire hood.
Here's a photo of the strings, which I'm now 95% sure should be a lot further back from the face hole. There's always next time, right?
AAARGH! What the hell is THAT!? It's gonna devour my soul!
Looking much better, with the laces tied together...
The skirt of the hood. Yep, it's meant to be all pointy like that.
The yellow wool blend is a tabby weave, and it's all French seamed with a lemon yellow silk thread, and when that ran out, a poly-cotton thread. The 'embroidery' along the seams and strings are woollen; the embroidery thread is from Erickr's Homespun, dyed with Azelea, and the string is made from balls and balls of wool from the op-shop, that is also being used as cord-edging on the shirt.
What could be done better
The strings probably need moving further back, and if budget wasn't a concern I'd find some magical twill wool that fulls at the drop of a hat, so I could finish the hems with whipstitching without folding over. I'm very proud of the size of my french seams though!
My hems, with a pen for comparison: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v
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Date: 2009-01-31 11:05 pm (UTC)Alas, I doubt I'll make progress on my Manazan shirt or my apron dress this weekend--too much other stuff to do. :-(
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Date: 2009-02-01 10:03 pm (UTC)Nice job!
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