For anyone not familiar with pad stitching, its a method for shaping and giving structure to a garment by creating a network of tiny stitches to join a lining to a stiffer fabric while building in a slight contour as the fabrics bend across each other.

It’s a) time consuming and b) takes lots of thread. Know how I know? Because I started loading needles 10 at a time so I wouldn’t have to break the sewing groove as often. Also, I may need to buy more thread =)

But with 47 days to go, I have now pad stitched all 4 body panels, basted interlining to all 3 skirt panels, both shoulder wings and 4 collar pieces, hemmed the skirt panels, and joined and felled the collar pieces.

I’ve also listened to 2 books and 2 tv series. (Both Good Girls Revolt and Transatlantic were both a decent way to pass an evening pad stitching and sent me down some historical rabbit-holes online.)

Overall, not bad for a week’s worth of stitching. Next up, attaching the body fabric to those pad-stitched interlinings.