Bordelle. Wk2.

This week seems to have been about: learning through others' mistakes... I wont say too much on the subject but basically I've learnt the importance of the production process. The work really suffers when one stage is done incorrectly because time gets wasted in putting things right.

I've been sewing more of course. This time bra cups and this lovely number:

A version of the signature Angela Dress seen from the back.

Lots of fiddly little strappy things kept me occupied. I was also entrusted with the job of covering seems. A seemingly straight forward task but I can't begin to describe how tricky this is. This kind of job can be done with ease using specialist machinery but Bordelle is only a small business.
The more of these that I did the easier it got. Again, I practiced on a bunch of old scraps before actually laying my hands on an order.
It got easier as I started to develop my own little technique to keep everything in the right place. There are so many things to concentrate on all at once. You have to keep the strips of the body in the right places whilst you sew for instance. (again, this is hard to explain.)

As I write this I'm coming to the end of my 4th week. Yesterday I had to sew more of these and I'd completely forgotten how I managed to make them perfect the first time around so needless to say they were not up to my standards but I was far too tired to be overly concerned...

But anyway, I don't really know what else to say on the matter so that's it for now.