Suggestions? hmmm....
If I were enamored of the pointy points, and having trouble getting
them, I'd most likely treat the last couple of inches (either side of
the gore top) almost as an applique on top of the main piece of fabric
(combining the regular seam allowance idea with a technique from
quilting/applique). The slashed opening would end a few inches down,
and the gore/insert would continue, but laying on top of the main piece,
with its seam allowances tucked under. And I'd do a type of blind
stitch through the folded edge of the gore, down through the main piece,
and back up, and through again. It looks like a running stitch on the
"wrong" side of the fabric, and if done right, doesn't even show on the
top ("right") side. I'm not explaining this very well in words, but
unfortunately, my ascii art is even worse than my verbiage. <rueful grin>
If this is completely confusing, Marc, I'd be glad to send you a couple
of examples from one of my quilting sources, off-list (I could maybe
scan them at work, or else photocopy them and snailmail them to you.).
I don't know, off-hand, of many quilting/piecing/applique sources
online, although I'm sure there are some...
--Sue
Marc Carlson wrote:
I agree with Robin on the duplicating period techniques (or getting as
close as possible) is usually the best way to duplicate a period
result. Modern techniques are usually the result of technological
process evolution, and may come up with a result that is often easier
to learn, or looks "better", but may not look correct to the trained eye.
That being said, my hand sewn gores suck (ok, *I* think they suck). I
prefer the pointy gores because it's my personal opinion (based on ZERO
objective or statistical evidence) that they were more common. And I'll
keep doing them that way until I get them right :) My major problem is
getting some sort of seam allowance on the body piece, but not the
gore. What this means is that I either wind up with a stress gap at the
point, or compression wrinkles (both of which I expect are prefectly
period, but are ideally wrong).
The most successful garment I've done with this, I rolled the edge of
the seam up to the point before inserting the gore, and then whip
stitching the seam - which I'm pretty sure is not period for this garment.
Any suggestions?
Marc
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