Theresa LaQuey - Guest Blogger - Steampunk #4 - part 2 - the muslins

From Andrea ... Today Theresa show us the muslins for her fourth Steampunk pattern that she's named "It Came from Outer Steampunk"

Take it away Theresa ...

I did a practice run on the loops, here I am showing you how after I have stitched and turned the loops I pin them to my ironing board and stretch them with steam as tight as I can.  I let them rest for about fifteen minutes before I use them. 

Staring the process of making this pattern I firstly tested the overskirt by making just one panel. It would seem crazy to waste all of that muslin for the overskirt if I hadn't tested that first panel. 

I also made a half muslin of the corset with a starting point of one of my previous corsets. I then patterned the jacket using a starting point of my first steampunk pattern as the fit had been approved already by Simplicity so I was pretty sure that the fit would work.  I had to change one of the seam lines in the corset so that the jacket could button onto the corset and the buttons could be on a seam line. That being done and adjusted to my liking, I draped the collar as I wanted it to have a particular kind of a stand to it and also flat patterned the cuffs, which then I adjusted further.

I did a practice run on the loops, here I am showing you how after I have stitched and turned the loops I pin them to my ironing board and stretch them with steam as tight as I can.  I let them rest for about fifteen minutes before I use them. 

Andrea here ...
You can see Theresa is checking the fit of the jacket and skirt before adding the corset. 

Now she puts it all together, buttoning both sides of the jacket front to the corset.  This is not a garment one gets into quickly, but oh so cleaver!

And the beautiful back!  Friday she will show more sewing and explain all her fabric choices.