You may remember my Changing my Mind blog post. If you don't or if this is your first visit to my blog, click on the link to read what I'm talking about.
On to the update. I changed my mind about using the torn squares and wondered about stitching gold lines to represent the Kintsugi style repairs. I took a photo of the kimono, printed it out and drew on it.
Then I tried assembling the lining, the felt wadding layer and the outside layer.
Nightmare! The three layers together were quite unwieldly and I couldn't get the seams to match up particularly under the arms. Plus, I was pretty sure I would not be able to manhandle it through the machine.
(Are we allowed to still say 'manhandle'? Person-handle doesn't sound right. Apparently jostle, hustle and shove are all synonyms I could have used.)
Back to the point of this blog post!
First I drew lines with a Frixion pen to represent the broken shards on the outer layer. I machined with a straight stitch so I would know where to stitch later.
I sewed the lining to the front and turned it inside out (outside in!) so the seams were in between the layers. You know what I mean!
Then I satin stitched along all the lines sewing the two layers together
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| The Back |
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| The Front |
It hasn't been all plain sailing. Several times I've had to remove a line of stitching and re-do it. However I have finished one pass of the whole thing. It just needs going over again. And sadly there's something wrong with the left sleeve by the underarm.
Then just the cuffs and the collar. 'Just' she says. It takes hours to wrangle the kimono through the machine. And I need to have a rest after 40 minutes of machining.
Still there's less left to do than when I started.
Thanks for being here today
Bernice
