Mademoiselle Marionette 2018 Part 3

Mademoiselle Marionette 2018 Part 3

I am now moving on to making the Legs

Leg Material

I took a long thin piece of material which luckily was already hemmed on one side. I tucked the other edge under to make a hem and folded it in half length-ways. I then pinned along the edge.

Two Leg Pieces

I then simply cut across the width making two equal pinned pieces.

Draw Rough Leg Outline

I am going to use the already hemmed part of the material as the back of the Leg. I drew a rough Leg shape on the material. This took me several goes before I was satisfied.

Pin Bottom of Foot

Before cutting out I opened up the Foot area, pinned it and hemmed across.

Leg Roughly Cut Out

I then pinned it back together again and carefully cut out the Leg shape.

Leg Template

I placed the Leg I had cut out on top of the other piece of material and used it as a template for drawing the other Leg.

A Rough Pair of Legs

I now had two Legs cut out.

Opening Out Material

I took one of the Legs unpinned and opened it out.

Reverse Pinned Leg

I folded the Leg again only this time the other way around. I pinned it into place.

Blanket Stitch Lower Leg

Beginning at the Foot I started to Blanket stitch along the Leg until I got to where the material was whole again.

Blanket Stitch Upper Leg

Before I started the upper Leg I double checked the lower stitching. It was as I had feared. The material is so prone to fraying at the edge it was in danger of coming apart.

Therefore I secured it by putting a Running stitch along the material behind the Blanket stitch.

Unpick Heel

Grr. The last thing I need is simple mistakes. In my anxiousness to get on with the project I have stitched the Heel. This hasn’t left enough room to turn it the right way. So I have had to unpick and secure lower down

Leg Correct Side

I have now turned the Leg back to the correct side. You might have noticed that I have not completely sewn all the way up to the top of the material. This is deliberate and will be dealt with later.

You may also notice in the photo above that I haven’t as yet hemmed the other side of the material. This again was done on purpose. I left it just in case I had to give a little more room for manoeuvring when I get on to filling. I repeated this part with the other Leg.

Material Fraying

Oh botheration! That isn’t what I actually said but I am sure you can substitute your own words. As with the first Leg this material has decided to fray.

However in this case it is far worse than last time. The Blanket stitch has almost come away and a simple Running stitch isn’t going to fix it this time

Material Doubled Over

I have had to fold over some more material and resew. It is a good job I left the other side of the Leg unhemmed. I will with luck be able to make a thinner hem on this Leg that will not be that noticeable.

Unfortunately in folding in the extra material I have lost some of the contours of shape. In other words I think poor Mademoiselle Marionette is going to have one Leg without a Knee.

NB.

If anybody is interested the way I have Blanket stitched so tightly is also known as Button Hole stitch.