Day 6 of work

I have been bad about the whole documentation aspect of this project.You know what they say about good intentions.
Kass pattern from Reconstructing History- is pretty easy to follow as long as I have some caffeine in my system and I read the directions. So far I have probably put in about 8 hours on the initial patten size and adjustments.

As you can see in the picture my first attempt at the cardboard version. My challenges stem from the fact I am extremely short and petite in the shoulder length and width across the sholder span. But having some extra width with the girls-means I had hybrid the two very different sizes. In attempt 1 of the cardboard you can see some of the progress of the change in this picture. Since this photo in January, I have deconstructed the 1st attempt of cardboard, made alterations to it, tried it on again, tore it apart again and sewed a quick base layer to see if the shoulders were the right size and correct shape.



At this point, I made some alterations to the fabric model, ripped apart the seams and transferred it to cardboard. I am not sure why I didn't take any pictures...oh I know.
Capitan Crankypants didn't want to take any more pictures of this project that week. In fact i think I am driving myself and him mad with the amount of mess currently occupying out living room floor.

Last weekend I finished up the adjustments and sizing to the cardboard so the shoulder line is accurate to Kass's pattern and other drawings I have been looking at. I was already to transfer the final pattern to the fabric and I realized I never washed it! So in lieu of having a lack of washing machine's in the house, and the washboard we have is travel size and not meant for 4 yards of fabric- I washed everything in the tub and hung it all to dry over the shower curtain rods.

Aside from not having a washing machine, I also had to then borrow an iron from my friend Arien so I could then iron the fabric so the linen wrinkles would go away!

Here is the make shift ironing board

After the ironing, tonight I transfered the patten to the fabric.

This weekend I hope to accomplish the start of sewing the boning channels with some help from the talented folks on the pub and their advise. My goal is to have the channels done before I go to Orlando for work on the 18th.