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The transformation of the surcote went well considering I was flying by the seat of my pants most of the time. It’s a pain to get in & out of with the corset and all that that I only tried it on once fitting the pattern and the rest was shooting blind and trusting my skills. It could have gone either way! LOL!
So here’s what got done:
• Straighten trim on left
• Finish attaching jewels up center front
• Add bars to the hooks & bars to close waist
• Re-attach over sleeves into armseyes
• Add trim on inside of over-sleeves to cover machine stitching – still only done on one side, but it’s not visible because I only wear one over-sleeve over my wrist to open it up.
• Make new shoulder treatments & attach – I made a basic wing with alternating stripes of 2 kinds of leftover trim. It came out pretty good.
• Undo cartridge pleated back, make new bodice back, cut down back fabric, re-pleat to new bodice back waistline. This was the winging-it portion of construction.
• See if I can squeeze back into my taupe corset and re-secure busk
• Complete and stuff smaller bumroll
Some changes from my original ideas:
• No farthingale – the skirt isn’t full enough.
• I didn’t permanently stitch the over-sleeves into the armseye, I just reattached the hooks & eyes. With the shoulder wings it looked fine.
Still left to do when I feel like it:
• Take in new back just a hair
• Add buttons to close wrists of under-sleeves
• Re-fit partlet at center back and add collar that’s already cut & pleated
• Add some beads or pearls to the trim down the front.
• Add trim on inside of over-sleeves to cover machine stitching on right sleeve
Devise a better closing method so you can’t see lining at front closing – I stitched it up yesterday and it looked fine.
The important part of al this is that it came out beautiful (mostly because of the divine fabric) and I got al the attention I so desperately crave; and it’s surprisingly comfortable if a little warm. It’s not as magical as the red Venetian, but I can’t wear that everyday, so this will do. I have “before” pictures and hope to track down some “after” pictures asap so I can do up a little make-over page on my site.
So here’s what got done:
• Straighten trim on left
• Finish attaching jewels up center front
• Add bars to the hooks & bars to close waist
• Re-attach over sleeves into armseyes
• Add trim on inside of over-sleeves to cover machine stitching – still only done on one side, but it’s not visible because I only wear one over-sleeve over my wrist to open it up.
• Make new shoulder treatments & attach – I made a basic wing with alternating stripes of 2 kinds of leftover trim. It came out pretty good.
• Undo cartridge pleated back, make new bodice back, cut down back fabric, re-pleat to new bodice back waistline. This was the winging-it portion of construction.
• See if I can squeeze back into my taupe corset and re-secure busk
• Complete and stuff smaller bumroll
Some changes from my original ideas:
• No farthingale – the skirt isn’t full enough.
• I didn’t permanently stitch the over-sleeves into the armseye, I just reattached the hooks & eyes. With the shoulder wings it looked fine.
Still left to do when I feel like it:
• Take in new back just a hair
• Add buttons to close wrists of under-sleeves
• Re-fit partlet at center back and add collar that’s already cut & pleated
• Add some beads or pearls to the trim down the front.
• Add trim on inside of over-sleeves to cover machine stitching on right sleeve
Devise a better closing method so you can’t see lining at front closing – I stitched it up yesterday and it looked fine.
The important part of al this is that it came out beautiful (mostly because of the divine fabric) and I got al the attention I so desperately crave; and it’s surprisingly comfortable if a little warm. It’s not as magical as the red Venetian, but I can’t wear that everyday, so this will do. I have “before” pictures and hope to track down some “after” pictures asap so I can do up a little make-over page on my site.
