Gay Pirate Dressing Gown Project, Part 2
The left panel + extra panel for the asymmetrical closure, the right is one half of the back. In addition to these is a strip for the collar that attaches from the end of the diagonal cut on the extra panel, and wraps around all the way to the bottom of the opposite front piece. If that makes sense.
Since I only have enough fancy velvet fabric to try this once, I sacrificed a microfiber sheet set I hate to test things out.
(Yes, I could've cropped this. No, I didn't feel like it)
THE FRONT AIN'T BAD NEITHER:
THIS IS EXACTLY THE SHAPE I WANTED!
I'm so happy with the pattern, but still terrified of fucking up the very nice fabric. I'm also pretty shocked that some extremely cheap, microfiber sheets draped this nicely - or at all, if I'm honest.
Figure out the sleeve situation. Big ol' cuffs? Tassles? Might end up being dependent on how much fabric I have.
Where do closures go, exactly. What closures should I use? Frogs? Fabric covered buttons? Loops of silk? Ties? All of the above?
Lining the inside with silk - how? How do linings even work? More research necessary.
Luckily, I've got a coat with a fucked up lining to repair (that I've been avoiding for literally years) and a simple pattern for a reversible poncho that might help me be more confident in my next steps. And even if they don't, oh nooooooo now I have a non-fucked-up-coat lining and a giant reversible poncho.
The most productive thing I've done in the last few months is wearing the rough draft around the house. Wearing it is helping me decide what needs to change (collar width, length by an inch or so, angling the shoulders down slightly in the pattern), where closures might go (I've got it narrowed down to a couple of options. Might end up going with both so I have a wafty, boobs-out attachment for warm weather as well as a bundled up option) and sleeves (????????). I've only stabbed myself with my temporary-closure/safety-pins several times.
But the most pressing question of all: WHEN THE FUCK AM I GOING TO FIND TIME TO DO THIS? Would this be a reasonable use of vacation time?
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