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| Never mind the pajamas. |
I’ve cut the pieces for my green linen bliaut and begun pinning
them together, starting with the sleeves. This would be great,
except—see the picture? Where the sleeve drape goes basically to my
armpit? That’s not really an accurate sleeve style (like,
at all)
and I don’t know why I didn’t notice when I took that picture, while
the pieces were only pinned, but now I have a beautifully sewn sleeve
that is
nothing like a bliaut sleeve.
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| I helped make that floor, too, actually. That went a lot smoother than this sleeve. |
Exhibit B is (hopefully) the solution. I’m going to stitch just inside
the line of pins to create a much more fitted upper arm and fix the
shape of the sleeve drape, and then I’ll cut and fell that seam. I think
I can get away with just cutting the original seam as long as I sew
that area nice and tight—sleeves don’t have to stand up to much abuse.
In
short, pay attention to your references! Or at least don’t do the bulk
of your planning and sewing between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. It leads to poor
decisions and crying.
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