Week Three

Day 10- Wednesday 9^th may

10am-3pm

To get the day started by trimming down the half the seam allowance on the button tab, from yesterday, and then turned it through. 

The two photographs above are of the next stage; I hand-sew the button to the waistband, but I had to be careful not to catch the waistband lining. After I had finished stitching I wrapped the thread around the base of the button.

Then I put the pleat into the lining of the main jacket. The pleat is over the centre back/ middle of the lining, as show in the image above. The House of Sunny have their own lining with their logo printed onto it.

Above: I was checking both facing pieces were the same size, I did this for all the pieces.

Above: Once all the pieces were matching, I attached the self-fabric to the bottom of the lining. When I was machine sewing I had to be careful to sew in a straight line. Next I sew the facing of the lapel to its lining piece.

Above: The next step was to sew black silk satin to the lapel, this is a design feature and creates the rest of the lapel. I stitched by machine it down, to keep the seam allowance of the silk satin getting the way. 

 To finish up the day I pressed all the seams of the lining and facing, as shown above.

I will be finishing early every day for the rest week, as Sunny Williams has meetings in London all this week.