Sunday, 20 January 2019

Mademoiselle Marionette 2018 Part 14

Mademoiselle Marionette 2018 Part 14

I am leaving stringing the Marionette for now and going to concentrate on dressing it.

Piece of Fishnet




















The first part I am going to work on is making Stockings for the Legs. I was going to hem some white material and then sew black on it in a crisscross design.

However a friend gave me a piece of Fishnet material so I thought I would cut it in two and make a pair of Stockings. This is not as easy as it sounds!

Net pinned to Foot

















I believe that Net is probably the worst thing to try and sew. This due to the fact that there is nothing to secure it to. I draped one piece of Net over the Leg and Foot. I secured the material on the foot with a pin so it couldn’t move.

This held it in position whilst I joined the two sections together.  I did this by using a Looping action which interwove the thread in and out of the holes.

Net pinned to Leg

















After joining the Net on the Foot together I pinned more material to the Leg and began to sew that together a little piece at a time.

Fishnet Seam Holder 








I trimming the excess material and discarding it.  To make the join more secure I took a piece of Black Ribbon and sewed that along the join. This both strengthened the Stocking and also gave it that characteristic Black Seam.

Trimmed Too Much






Grr as you can see I over-trimmed the Net and was forced to resew it. However I also had to strengthen the individual diamonds with Black thread in order to accomplish this.

Sewing Top of Stocking

















Of course no Stocking would be complete without its Stocking Top. This was done by securing the top edge then applying more Black Ribbon

A Pair of Stockings

















After I finished one Leg I started on the second. There you have it. One pair of Saucy Fishnet Stockings.





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