Did I mention how much I hate binding lacing holes?

[lovetriangle]

I skimped on the number since I figured this is for a kirtle that won't be seen under the dress but still, the pulling is bothering me. Of course, now that I have some lacing holes I'll have to put in twice as many if I want to do something about it. ugh.

Still I like the fit of this bodice better than any of my others, and the apple green bias binding came out pretty as well.

 And witness the failed straping experiment! It looks ok on this so I'll leave it on, but I'm not going to do the undersleeves this way anymore. What's with the wrinkle? Looks like my outer layer of silk needs some securing. Careful - boobs in pic are smaller than they appear!
 AAAAARRRGGHHH! The pulling! THE PULLING!!

I also took some other shots of this that would have been more illustrating but they came out blurry. Harumph.

Now I need to make a new farthingale before I can do anything else on this.

Comments

[marymont.livejournal.com]

I am jealous of your photo skills. Those pix look perfectly posed and lighted.

Aside from that, I am noticing that the pulling is at the level of the holes themselves. This may be because of two things: 1) it may be slightly too snug (leave a touch of a gap and see if it resolves itself) or 2) you may need more holes (to spread the strain).

[love3angle.livejournal.com]

I need more holes, dammit. It's not that tight and could stand to be tighter at the waist. It is actually a smaller effect than it appears in this light, but it still bugs me. gggggrrrrrrrrrr

The lighting was purely accidental, LOL! The only light I had in teh room was a table light that was feeble so I tilted up the shade and had to set it up on my sewing machine for the light to hit me.

[pinque.livejournal.com]

Yeah I was thinking myself if anything it could be a bit snugger, definitely not looser, or you lose support. This was after Spanish fashions hit and they were really rigid;) You can't look at a Spanish protrait and think "gosh, that looks comfortable."

;)

Get to those lacing holes!

I'm not pushy;)

[love3angle.livejournal.com]

I could mail it to you if you are so hot to get those lacing holes in there... *wink*