Oh yeah, I've once again managed to tear a sleeve off a linen shift in my sleep, so I guess I'll be attempting to make another one from this random piece of white linen I have.
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Oh yeah, I've once again managed to tear a sleeve off a linen shift in my sleep, so I guess I'll be attempting to make another one from this random piece of white linen I have. What did I get it for originally? Is it going to be big enough? No idea, and probably. š I can always get more but for sure I could do with another intact linen shift to use as a nightdress in the meantime. The old one can become under-shirts later once I've washed it.
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Oh yeah, I've once again managed to tear a sleeve off a linen shift in my sleep, so I guess I'll be attempting to make another one from this random piece of white linen I have. What did I get it for originally? Is it going to be big enough? No idea, and probably. š I can always get more but for sure I could do with another intact linen shift to use as a nightdress in the meantime. The old one can become under-shirts later once I've washed it.
In pretty much any old garment there's going to be bits that are still good, and it used to be we'd make other things from those... But it sure is a lot more effort. It also always feels silly to wash a completely frayed to heck garment, but it's much nicer turning it into little fabric pieces if it's not absolutely saturated in human gunk.
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In pretty much any old garment there's going to be bits that are still good, and it used to be we'd make other things from those... But it sure is a lot more effort. It also always feels silly to wash a completely frayed to heck garment, but it's much nicer turning it into little fabric pieces if it's not absolutely saturated in human gunk.
One of the worst parts of making a shift or chemise for me is knowing what kind of neck opening I want. Do I want it big and round, with a drawstring, should I put on lace, do I want a front neck slit so I don't have to worry if I can fit my head through even if I forget to take off my glasses... It's just a complete hassle and stressful every time, no matter what I pick. Making it is fine, choosing is horrible!
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One of the worst parts of making a shift or chemise for me is knowing what kind of neck opening I want. Do I want it big and round, with a drawstring, should I put on lace, do I want a front neck slit so I don't have to worry if I can fit my head through even if I forget to take off my glasses... It's just a complete hassle and stressful every time, no matter what I pick. Making it is fine, choosing is horrible!
I have these random measurements on this page of notes, so I'm just gonna cut that out, see if my head fits through. If it doesn't, a neck slit there is gonna be. No decisions, only reactions from your gal Sini today.
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I have these random measurements on this page of notes, so I'm just gonna cut that out, see if my head fits through. If it doesn't, a neck slit there is gonna be. No decisions, only reactions from your gal Sini today.
I did make the neck opening too big and will need to put on lace with a ribbon or something probably, and was meant to do all of the sewing on the machine... But then I thought I'd quickly fell something down by hand while I catch up on my eldritch mystery podcasts... And somehow I've been sewing by hand for hours, and will need to sew for hours more. Unless I change my mind and do the long skirt section seams by machine, with all the finicky upper dress bits already done. Who can say yet?
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I did make the neck opening too big and will need to put on lace with a ribbon or something probably, and was meant to do all of the sewing on the machine... But then I thought I'd quickly fell something down by hand while I catch up on my eldritch mystery podcasts... And somehow I've been sewing by hand for hours, and will need to sew for hours more. Unless I change my mind and do the long skirt section seams by machine, with all the finicky upper dress bits already done. Who can say yet?
Finished the linen shift otherwise, mostly by hand, but the neck opening needs something to make it a little bit more practical. I have this tiny bit of narrow cotton lace that I could maybe persuade a bit of very small satin ribbon through. If I can locate some satin ribbon... This is the issue when you haphazardly make something out of what you just have laying around, without a plan. š
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Finished the linen shift otherwise, mostly by hand, but the neck opening needs something to make it a little bit more practical. I have this tiny bit of narrow cotton lace that I could maybe persuade a bit of very small satin ribbon through. If I can locate some satin ribbon... This is the issue when you haphazardly make something out of what you just have laying around, without a plan. š
Edit: photo added, looks like it could work!@sinituulia
Have you by chance found my holy grail, that is, source of non-polyester satin robins?P.S. I never figured out, how to get Guttermann's cotton thread in Latvia. I settled with Madeira's cotton which is more usable than Madeira's rayon. I gave my rayon threads away to second hand charity shop, because I gave up on dealing with them.
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@sinituulia
Have you by chance found my holy grail, that is, source of non-polyester satin robins?P.S. I never figured out, how to get Guttermann's cotton thread in Latvia. I settled with Madeira's cotton which is more usable than Madeira's rayon. I gave my rayon threads away to second hand charity shop, because I gave up on dealing with them.
@laumapret I know of some Etsy shops that sell silk ribbon but I don't ever remember about it at such a time table that I could be bothered to look them up again... It was some notions shop in the UK and they stopped delivering when there was that postal nonsense, for a bit? And also silk would probably disintegrate with the way I wash my things. š
Sometimes it's so hard to find a simple thing. I don't know if my favourite shop would ship them, but it's a huge hassle for some thread, international delivery...
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@sinituulia
Have you by chance found my holy grail, that is, source of non-polyester satin robins?P.S. I never figured out, how to get Guttermann's cotton thread in Latvia. I settled with Madeira's cotton which is more usable than Madeira's rayon. I gave my rayon threads away to second hand charity shop, because I gave up on dealing with them.
@laumapret @sinituulia since my favourite cotton thread seems to be sold only in Italy, and I have friends who want to try handsewing and live elsewhere in Europe, I've just bought from an haberdashery website in Czechia a spool of Amann cotton thread, and right now it has passed my very basic ābetter than the flimsy stuff that Guetermann passes for cotton sewing threadā, but I haven't used it properly yet. -
@laumapret I know of some Etsy shops that sell silk ribbon but I don't ever remember about it at such a time table that I could be bothered to look them up again... It was some notions shop in the UK and they stopped delivering when there was that postal nonsense, for a bit? And also silk would probably disintegrate with the way I wash my things. š
Sometimes it's so hard to find a simple thing. I don't know if my favourite shop would ship them, but it's a huge hassle for some thread, international delivery...
@sinituulia @laumapret sartor sells silk ribbon, but I think only in a wider size, and it's *delicate*, I wouldn't use it on underwear, unless I wanted to bother with removing it every time it gets washed (which I think is historically accurate, but also I'm not doing historically accurate laundry, OK?) -
@laumapret @sinituulia since my favourite cotton thread seems to be sold only in Italy, and I have friends who want to try handsewing and live elsewhere in Europe, I've just bought from an haberdashery website in Czechia a spool of Amann cotton thread, and right now it has passed my very basic ābetter than the flimsy stuff that Guetermann passes for cotton sewing threadā, but I haven't used it properly yet.
@valhalla @laumapret The normal GĆ¼termann cotton thread is trash, but the nice thick one that costs at least twice as much? Heaven. I have no idea why it isn't sold everywhere, it's great!
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@valhalla @laumapret The normal GĆ¼termann cotton thread is trash, but the nice thick one that costs at least twice as much? Heaven. I have no idea why it isn't sold everywhere, it's great!
@sinituulia @laumapret oh! I didn't even know that they had it!
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@sinituulia @laumapret my mother always had a bottle of spray starch to be carefully ignored while ironing clothing, so I have one too :D
lately when I want to feel fancy or I have to spend the whole day outside I've started to use it when ironing my linen shirts, and it does work in making them feel nice and crinkle less, but it doesn't make stuff significantly stiffer like I've seen in the videos and blog posts of people dipping garments in starch.
Maybe it's possible, if one uses *a lot*, but I'm not sure it's really designed for being used that way.
I'm not sure how much it costs, because I still have the bottle I stolā¦ er, borrowed from my motherĀ¹ a few years ago, since each shirt-ful takes very little, and I suspect that for this usecase it would actually cost less than making it at home from food-grade starch, as the latter needs to be made in a bigger batch (and it doesn't keep, not it's really safe to starch all of your clothing and store them starched long term, I believe).
I still want to try and make the liquid one to dip some collars and petticoats in, but there are only so many hours in the day, and starching looks like a couple days of commitment.
Ā¹ we live close enough that she can easily take it back once ever couple years when she needs it :)
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