The next step towards the trousers for my Jester design is shirring the silk fabric I painted in the previous session. Before doing this however I've already backed the silk onto calico for more support.
'Shirring' is technique I've never used before, but from what I've seen it creates wonderful results and is going to be perfect for adding volume and texture to the costume.
This technique is achieved using shirring elastic on the bobbin when you sew and noromal cotton or polyester thread for the top stitch and machine like normal.
Because there are so many stages that I need to complete first before i can actually make up the trousers I'm hoping that when it comes to finally assembling the trousers It's going to be quick and straight forward as the pressure is on and the work load is high!
Today when I was using the elastic in the machine I was getting extremely frustrated because the elastic kept snapping or coming out as a stitched which made the whole experience a bit of an ordeal! I think the reason for this however was because i was winding the elastic up too tight onto the bobbin so when it was passing through the machine when I was sewing it was too tight so it snapped under the tension.
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