Felgacarb
Sr Member
Re: WIP - ST:Wrath of Khan - Field Jacket
Well, here's an update-
Did I mention that this project is not all that easy? At least at my skill level...
Here's the back going together:
And with the front parts put together hanging with the lining:
This giant double piping for the shoulders...
Is fine until you try to attach it...
Then it became, well, not so fun. I broke 5 needles in under ten minutes trying to attach a sleeve... I knew that was going to be the hard part, but I had to invent new swear words...
Actually what I had to do was switch to the heavy duty manual machine- much harder to use for this sort of thing and a lot slower, but it can stitch the thick stuff without breaking a needle every half an inch...
So if I look angry in this last shot, mostly it's because I just never seem to be able to smile in self portraits, but it's also that I was still a bit frustrated when I took the picture.
So, now if I can manage not to totally frak up the zipper, then I should be in the home stretch.
Remaining steps- hem the bottom edge, make and attach the front box pockets, phaser holster and sample pocket, attach the lining and zipper- and a number of smaller support steps in there...
Going slow...
Well, here's an update-
Did I mention that this project is not all that easy? At least at my skill level...
Here's the back going together:
And with the front parts put together hanging with the lining:
This giant double piping for the shoulders...
Is fine until you try to attach it...
Then it became, well, not so fun. I broke 5 needles in under ten minutes trying to attach a sleeve... I knew that was going to be the hard part, but I had to invent new swear words...
Actually what I had to do was switch to the heavy duty manual machine- much harder to use for this sort of thing and a lot slower, but it can stitch the thick stuff without breaking a needle every half an inch...
So if I look angry in this last shot, mostly it's because I just never seem to be able to smile in self portraits, but it's also that I was still a bit frustrated when I took the picture.
So, now if I can manage not to totally frak up the zipper, then I should be in the home stretch.
Remaining steps- hem the bottom edge, make and attach the front box pockets, phaser holster and sample pocket, attach the lining and zipper- and a number of smaller support steps in there...
Going slow...
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