Lederhosen FINISHED!
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Final Lederhosen Fitting -- SUCCESS!! |
...And they FIT! Which is fabulous, since I had NO backup plan in case they didn't fit and tomorrow is the first dress rehearsal. After the young actor tried them on, I took the lederhosen back to my studio to decorate them:
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Finished, Decorated, DONE. |
That's better, isn't it? I cut the fake welt pocket leaves out of felt and used 505 Temporary Spray Adhesive to position them next to the side seams. Same with the extra leaf that I added on the placket thingy. Then I used my BSR foot, stitch length 3.0, to free-motion the edge stitching to the lederhosen with jeans thread. I added the little swirly things around the placket leaf the same way. What did I learn? Well, I thought that free-motion quilting was challenging with a flatbed setup, but it's MUCH more difficult to FMQ when you have to use the free arm because the pants are already assembled -- if I had this to do over, I'd have done the "decorating" before sewing the side seams together. I did it this way because I didn't want to waste my time embellishing something that didn't fit and had to be scrapped.
Could I add more decorative swirlies around the faux pocket decorations? Would the lederhosen look more authentic with a little knife pocket on the side seam? Absolutely -- but this is a costume for a school play, that will only be worn for three performances, and I have put plenty of time into it already. So I'm calling it Good Enough! Back to my Jingle BOM!
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1 comment:
They are amazing!! I'll bet the young actor loves them. So much better than a pair of brown shorts. (You were very brave to do the free motion stitching around the leaves.)
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