Monday, February 28, 2011

The Home Stretch!

So, over the weekend I toiled away at my Lady Grey...


I finished the collar and set in and hemmed the sleeves. I also hemmed the coat shell and finished the lining's sleeves with black lace. By Sunday afternoon, I had decided to work late into the night, if necessary, to finish the coat by morning.

Naturally, that was when this happened:



I ran out of topstitching thread with one seam left to be stitched. Moments later, I also ran out of the silk thread that I have been using for pad stitching and hand sewing. In other words, I reached an impasse. C'est la vie.

Since I can't attach shell to lining until the shell is fully topstitched, I did the only sane thing I could do. I turned on the Oscars Red Carpet. But today, I braved the rain to go get more thread and now I am ready to push through and finish this coat!

6 comments:

  1. Almost there! It is maddening to run out of thread. I haven sewn garments with the wrong color or thread before because I can't stand to wait. I admire your self control!

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  2. You are so close and its coming so nicely.

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  3. It looks great so far, keep it up!

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