Friday, 14 May 2010

Covering Cruella's Collar

To cover the collar I used the same pattern pieces I did with the blocking net, and machining the pieces together in the same way. I wanted the black satin to cover the outside of the collar piece and the faux fur to cover the inside (which will be seen when worn). I made the satin cover first, which again was a bit of trial and error when trying to get it to the exact right shape as the blocking net, which has changed shape a bit after all my manipulation when machining together. I repeated the process of getting two separate pieces (collar and shoulder pieces) and then machining together at the neckline - exactly how I constructed the blocking net. This is visually pleasing as you can see the structured look of th collar without any of the blocking net on show.
I found the most difficult part of covering the collar was slip stitching the faux fur onto the piece, around the whole edge. I secured the black satin to the blocking net first - at the neckline and around the edge, then covered with the fur by turnin over the edges and hand-sewing on. This was very time consuming, and working with fur meant I was not able to see the hem clearly or my stitching. However, even though it took a lot of manipulating and time for hand-sewing it has a really good effect and has turned out exactly how I want.
I should have thought more in-dept about how exactly I would cover the collar piece, and maybe I would have sewn the fur on first which might have made it easier.

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