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Comments on: Fabric Piecing https://historicalsewing.com/fabric-piecing 19th Century Costuming for Those Who Dream of the Past Fri, 10 Dec 2021 18:21:52 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jennifer Rosbrugh https://historicalsewing.com/fabric-piecing/comment-page-1#comment-261578 Fri, 10 Dec 2021 18:21:52 +0000 http://historicalsewing.com/?p=9334#comment-261578 In reply to Meg Nakano.

Ooh, how lovely to sew with vintage kimonos! Even if you are having to piece considerably. Is there too much of a “permanent” press/seam line where they used a wide seam allowance at the selvedges to piece and not waste the width?

]]> By: Meg Nakano https://historicalsewing.com/fabric-piecing/comment-page-1#comment-261575 Fri, 10 Dec 2021 12:57:28 +0000 http://historicalsewing.com/?p=9334#comment-261575 I have several old kimonos (unstitched, during the shutdown) and kimono fabrics that I intend to make into Western-style clothing. Most of them will require piecing.
What I noticed when unstitching the first batch of kimonos was that the seams were set back about 3 cm from the selvage, then sewn, and I wonder if that will work – sewing 2 selvages together might work in a lining where the fabric is short, but I may need to “waste” 6cm (3cm x 2) on each area of piecing.
Since each kimono was lined, I now also have matching solid light silk fabric for every heavier silk or wool/silk outer fabric from the kimonos. I’m pondering linings vs blouses for that fabric.
One of the kimonos, lovely as not needing to have any pattern matched, was more badly damaged than it had appeared to be in the store. I think I am going to use that for the second trial of the pattern I’ve selected.

]]> By: Jennifer Rosbrugh https://historicalsewing.com/fabric-piecing/comment-page-1#comment-259054 Tue, 29 Sep 2020 21:29:44 +0000 http://historicalsewing.com/?p=9334#comment-259054 In reply to Sierra Salman.

You’re welcome, Sierra!

]]> By: Sierra Salman https://historicalsewing.com/fabric-piecing/comment-page-1#comment-259053 Tue, 29 Sep 2020 20:58:16 +0000 http://historicalsewing.com/?p=9334#comment-259053 I just this today with some lining I needed to piece together. Thanks for the tutorial!

]]> By: Jennifer Rosbrugh https://historicalsewing.com/fabric-piecing/comment-page-1#comment-224610 Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:20:07 +0000 http://historicalsewing.com/?p=9334#comment-224610 In reply to Katie.

Wow! Sounds very interesting.

]]> By: Katie https://historicalsewing.com/fabric-piecing/comment-page-1#comment-224585 Wed, 11 Jan 2017 21:57:41 +0000 http://historicalsewing.com/?p=9334#comment-224585 I wish I could post pictures – I just got to examine a dress, circa 1845, in an archive. The maker didn’t have quite enough fabric to match the striped sheer cotton, so nearly every pattern piece in the bodice has been pieced in some odd place! There’s a little join nipping off a corner of each of the bodice front pieces at the shoulder seam, a big horizontal join across one of the back pieces, a join that looks like an odd extra seam in one of the side pieces . . . five in all. Either it was her first time matching stripes and she cut the pieces out all wrong (I would do no better myself!), or she was determined to make the dress despite running out of fabric. Ingenuity!

]]> By: Jennifer Rosbrugh https://historicalsewing.com/fabric-piecing/comment-page-1#comment-223976 Wed, 14 Dec 2016 20:26:04 +0000 http://historicalsewing.com/?p=9334#comment-223976 In reply to casey hansen.

I don’t think it would be much different. You would still baste the fold on the right side of the fabric; however, you may need to mark that line somehow on the back to follow when permanently machine stitching the two fabric pieces together.

]]> By: casey hansen https://historicalsewing.com/fabric-piecing/comment-page-1#comment-223974 Wed, 14 Dec 2016 19:10:16 +0000 http://historicalsewing.com/?p=9334#comment-223974 what if you have to piece thicker fabric like Matelasse?

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