No pics, more's the pity, but I did get the waistband on that skirt today. It was a massive wrestling job and it turned out...acceptable for stage, lol. The fabric is a wiry poly rayon blend and it does. not. gather. well.
I actually carted the skirt with me to My Sweet Babboo's physical therapy appointment; it took nearly the entire time to gather and pin the skirt to the waistband Sewing the channel for the drawstring was...not fun. The bulky waistband seam allowance kept wanting to flip up under my presser foot, so I had to try and hold that out of the way while simultaneously pulling the elastic in the waistband out to match the waistband.
It is functional but not pretty.
I have two more skirts to make from that fabric but for the next one, which I cut out before I quit for the night, I shaved 20" off the top of the skirt. It will still have 180" sweep, but I tapered the front side seams 5" on each side. The center back is still just cut on the selvage, but the other two seams will taper down. 20" less fabric to wrestle into the waistband should be a little easier to manage in this stuff. It may end up looking more Edwardian walking skirt than Dickens but I don't have time to wrestle with these things. I just didn't have the right type of fabric to make it.
I have pulled out my Bible costume; I did make the blocking rehearsal so I know what I am doing for the final choral scene. All I have to do know is learn the tenor part for the song...guess I will make the vocal rehearsal Thursday.
Planning to take some time off of work this week to sew, but I have to chauffer the Recovering One to two doctor appointments tomorrow.
We'll see how things go.
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