How it looks
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Hem still needs doing and may or may not put more eyelets in the side but the basics are now done.


More pictures found from here onwards.
Curiously, experimenting with the lacing, the side spiral laced with the short bit of cord where the thread ran out, sits far better than the one crosslaced. Not certain which side is showing in the photo above.
Veil needs the base rounded and then it needs to be ironed and hemmed and the head band hemmed. Gown has had the hem initially pinned by Z and is now hanging for a couple days to see how things stretch etc.
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Date: 2007-05-16 10:04 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-05-16 08:16 pm (UTC)How is your veil stuck on there? Do you have band running from high forehead to nape of neck or something?
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Date: 2007-05-17 01:45 am (UTC)I had a strip of linen going from the top of the head to the nape of the neck, pinned under the hair. Not certain re documentation for front of neck or back of neck, but the bit of linen was _just_ too short to reach in front. Then veil just pinned on in 3 places - top and sides above ears. Will be interesting to see if it sits differently with hair in 2 plaits cf the usual one.
Still debating as to whether to hem the piece I have or cut a longer one and use that. Started hemming the silk but it is _very_ fine and a little on the entertaining side.
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Date: 2007-05-16 09:51 pm (UTC)Does anyone know which appendage the nizzle is, and how one would shizzle it? Maybe it's next to the squeegly-squooch?
The only thing I use cross-lacing on is my boots. Even my sneakers are spiral laced.
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Date: 2007-05-18 12:04 am (UTC)Anyway, that looks fabulous. You guys over for Coronation? (Forgive me if I'm out of the loop. I haven't looked at LJ in about a month. About to go and do a huge update.) :-)
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Date: 2007-05-28 09:14 am (UTC)It's looking gorgeous. I love the way the wool is pooling around your feet just like some of the c1200 manuscripts. The spiral lacing is wonking wonderfully and fitting nicely. How did you manage the bottom of the lacing?
What kind of silk did you use for the veil? I love the way it falls in all those wrinkles around the face and would like one of my own that does that. I presume by now you've hemmed the veil - does hemming affect the way it hangs?
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Date: 2007-05-28 12:00 pm (UTC)Lacing holes have been done as pairs of parallel holes, so the cord is tied off in the top two holes, spiral laced down and then goes through the bottom two holes twice and then hitched through itself. This seems to hold the tension fine but haven't tested it for a full event yet. Haven't figured out if it is worth refeeding any spare cord back inside the gown or just letting it hang loose.
The veil we think was silk voile, but it was originally Z's silk sleeping bag liner which went to South America and back 3 times for several month long field seasons from about 1995-1997. Hence it is very well beaten up and rather fragile. I used the largest area out of the length with only one largish hole which was relatively easily darned at the back where it isn't really noticable. There are a lot of very fine holes over the rest of the spare leftover fabric, so not certain what will be done with it. May make a linen version using the silk for the basic pattern later and see how that compares drapewise. Hem doesn't really seem to have changed things much, but haven't really worn it since.
Need a good upcoming event:)
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Date: 2007-05-29 03:18 am (UTC)I was actually wondering about how you managed the point at the bottom of the lacing. My laced one has problems because i need to flare out suddenly for my hips. So I ended up with a mesy point directly below the bottom of my lacing. Maybe it's just me and my hips.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who has looked at silk inner bags that way. Unfortunately mine is mauve with a very modern pattern on it, but that's probably jsut as well because it's not even close to worn out yet. Sounds like the rest of the fabric could at least make pouches or pouch linings, maybe a fabric belt? or could you unravel the thread and use it? If you could find some affordable superlightweight wool, (appart from buying the bolt to share your good fortune with the rest of us :-) ) it would be interesting to make a woolen veil too, and complete the comparison.
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Date: 2007-05-29 03:19 am (UTC)I was actually wondering about how you managed the point at the bottom of the lacing. My laced one has problems because i need to flare out suddenly for my hips. So I ended up with a mesy point directly below the bottom of my lacing. Maybe it's just me and my hips.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who has looked at silk inner bags that way. Unfortunately mine is mauve with a very modern pattern on it, but that's probably jsut as well because it's not even close to worn out yet. Sounds like the rest of the fabric could at least make pouches or pouch linings, maybe a fabric belt? or could you unravel the thread and use it? If you could find some affordable superlightweight wool, (appart from buying the bolt to share your good fortune with the rest of us :-) ) it would be interesting to make a woolen veil too, and complete the comparison.