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Sew-along: muslin 1
Following on from here.
I followed the instructions to thread-trace the seam-lines. I think it has been one of the single most frustrating things I have ever done. 1: my muslin is too loose-weave for this, it kept trying to gather/bunch up. I had to fight my machine to try and feed it more slowly. 2: my thread kept breaking, I lowered the tension, but that only helped a little. 3: on the bias the muslin kept trying to stretch. I had to tear crooked lines out a bunch of times and start again. And once I had it done? Totally not worth it. I think if I ever try this again I'll make sure I have a tighter-weave muslin, or better yet, some other cheap fabric like a poly-cotton.
By the time I got to basting the darts and seams I'd given up on the machine and basted (a temporary straight/running stitch) the seams by hand. A calmer me was found.
I'm just after trying it on, and I'm going to leave photos and final judgments to another day. It seems the waist is too big. It may be a smidgen too long, and I think there is extra material around the ribcage that can do with being removed. I do however very much like the placing and shape of the neckline, so it seems choosing the pattern size based on the high-bust measurement worked well.
I am worried that part of the reason why it doesn't fit well is distortion from trying to thread-trace the seams. I think I'm definitely going to have to make up my second muslin in poly-cotton.
I followed the instructions to thread-trace the seam-lines. I think it has been one of the single most frustrating things I have ever done. 1: my muslin is too loose-weave for this, it kept trying to gather/bunch up. I had to fight my machine to try and feed it more slowly. 2: my thread kept breaking, I lowered the tension, but that only helped a little. 3: on the bias the muslin kept trying to stretch. I had to tear crooked lines out a bunch of times and start again. And once I had it done? Totally not worth it. I think if I ever try this again I'll make sure I have a tighter-weave muslin, or better yet, some other cheap fabric like a poly-cotton.
By the time I got to basting the darts and seams I'd given up on the machine and basted (a temporary straight/running stitch) the seams by hand. A calmer me was found.
I'm just after trying it on, and I'm going to leave photos and final judgments to another day. It seems the waist is too big. It may be a smidgen too long, and I think there is extra material around the ribcage that can do with being removed. I do however very much like the placing and shape of the neckline, so it seems choosing the pattern size based on the high-bust measurement worked well.
I am worried that part of the reason why it doesn't fit well is distortion from trying to thread-trace the seams. I think I'm definitely going to have to make up my second muslin in poly-cotton.