Butted-Hem #2: (Electric Boogaloo!)
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hsifengStill working out what sort of butted-hem stitch(es) I want to use for my Chemise o' Doooom! project. I love the results of the first attempt, but I also like the idea of a more 'open' seam stitch. So I spent a little while over the past couple of evenings delving back into JA's PoF #4 and JW's J,E, & T's and decided to play around with the following image's contents:
Janet Arnold, Pattern of Fashion #4 - Image 6C
As always, my primary focus was the method of seam closure. After digging around a bit in Jean Wilson's book I decided to try the raised chain band stitch.
As always, the results were a mixed bag.
The 'raised chain' is done in six strands (full section) of DMC cotton embroidery thread. Just as in the orignal item I grouped the stiches in clusters of three with space in between. Then I went back along the outter edges of the stitch 'arms' and enclosed the pattern in a line of back-stitches; on the left I used six strands of DMC (the leftovers of my 'raised chain' materials), and on the right I used three strands for both the back-stitched line and the freeform (*cringe*) flower pattern.
I think the three strand version looks closer to the original.
I also think the six strand central 'raised chain' is pretty close to the look for the original butted-hem stitch on this shirt.
Next up (if I can find a decent tutorial!); the Antwerp Stitch - a variation on a detatched buttonhole. :D
Janet Arnold, Pattern of Fashion #4 - Image 6C
As always, my primary focus was the method of seam closure. After digging around a bit in Jean Wilson's book I decided to try the raised chain band stitch.
As always, the results were a mixed bag.
The 'raised chain' is done in six strands (full section) of DMC cotton embroidery thread. Just as in the orignal item I grouped the stiches in clusters of three with space in between. Then I went back along the outter edges of the stitch 'arms' and enclosed the pattern in a line of back-stitches; on the left I used six strands of DMC (the leftovers of my 'raised chain' materials), and on the right I used three strands for both the back-stitched line and the freeform (*cringe*) flower pattern.
I think the three strand version looks closer to the original.
I also think the six strand central 'raised chain' is pretty close to the look for the original butted-hem stitch on this shirt.
Next up (if I can find a decent tutorial!); the Antwerp Stitch - a variation on a detatched buttonhole. :D
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Date: 2012-09-06 11:22 pm (UTC)I haven't seen this in person, but I wonder if it has any info:
http://www.amazon.com/Elizabethan-Stitches-Historic-English-Needlework/dp/0952322587
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Date: 2012-09-06 11:24 pm (UTC)