Copyright AriaAustin, 1999 - 2010, all rights reserved.
Eowyn's White Gown In the Making
This version of Eowyn's white wool gown will be made in a pull-over style from cream velvet. The larger outer sleeves will be lined in a soft golden velvet, and the inner sleeves will be a soft brocade. As taking pictures of every step of the making process takes a good deal of time (i.e. stopping every step to set everything up on a dress form, taking several pictures, checking to make sure they are clear enough, and taking it back off to continue to the next step), I am only going to share some of the embroidery/trimming process of this gown, and only decided to do so about halfway through.
I do not have an embroidery machine at the time of making this gown (September 2008), so all embroidery must either be by hand or contracted out. As much as I love to work with beads and sequins, I'll admit I don't enjoy embroidering all that much. But I still give it the same care and attention I'd give anything else.
To do this embroidery, I am doing it on a mostly-finished gown. This is so I can be completely certain of where the final embroidery will be. I am using perle thread and a needle a good bit larger than a typical hand or embroidery needle so that this thicker thread will fit through the eye.
So this is where photo will pick up. Right now the embroidery is just about halfway through. No, I do not always use a hoop. When embroidery is on something pull-over or a spot that may need to move in unexpected ways, I prefer the ability to move the fabric, pull it this way and that, and stretch it a bit to make sure that it won't cause distorting and that the threads won't break. Doing this on a piece of hooped fabric isn't possible without constantly un-hooping and re-hooping. So this piece of work is being worked without a hoop.
I do not have an embroidery machine at the time of making this gown (September 2008), so all embroidery must either be by hand or contracted out. As much as I love to work with beads and sequins, I'll admit I don't enjoy embroidering all that much. But I still give it the same care and attention I'd give anything else.
To do this embroidery, I am doing it on a mostly-finished gown. This is so I can be completely certain of where the final embroidery will be. I am using perle thread and a needle a good bit larger than a typical hand or embroidery needle so that this thicker thread will fit through the eye.
So this is where photo will pick up. Right now the embroidery is just about halfway through. No, I do not always use a hoop. When embroidery is on something pull-over or a spot that may need to move in unexpected ways, I prefer the ability to move the fabric, pull it this way and that, and stretch it a bit to make sure that it won't cause distorting and that the threads won't break. Doing this on a piece of hooped fabric isn't possible without constantly un-hooping and re-hooping. So this piece of work is being worked without a hoop.
Copyright AriaAustin, 1999 - 2010, all rights reserved.