Meanwhile... silk work

[sister_raphael]

Meanwhile work on the other silk kirtle continues. I'm getting closer to finishing it with several of the gores completely sewn in now and the neckline almost finished. I'm not doing a reinforcing strip for this one, which I would normally do with wool or linen. There's no slit at the front to place wear and tear on the fabric, so it just wasn't needed.

You'll be able to see clearly in this photo how the rolled hemming works. It's nothing more than a double fold, essentially rolled twice, and sewn down with a hemming stitch or fell stitch as it's sometimes called. The photo show it rolled outwards, but that is because the kirtle is inside out while I'm sewing.

Once flipped, it'll be rolled inwards with only a teeny row of stitched visible from the outside.

I am so very much in love with the fabric and colour. I can't wait to finish it.