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Having finished the cuffs and the epaulettes, I turned my attention to the officer's waist sash.
I had previously acquired an antique waist sash, which was, sadly, missing the cover piece which normally hides the adjustable leather strap.
I , therefore decided to make my own cover piece and (after some research) determined that this should be shaped like a bow.I had several different widths of the same gold lace pattern as the original , but not the right one.
I managed to find it on line and ordered two metres- which I was sure would be enough for the project.
I added three line of gold lace to the bow section...
and found this alone was only just shy of two metres. I hastily order four more metres.
The original sash showed a thin piping of red wool on the edges of the gold lace, but I opted to edge it with red Russia braid, which I initially tried to machine sew.
Unfortunately, this proved very difficult to do accurately and the Russia braid did not take well to unpicking. Thus I ended up hand sewing it on, which required patience- and a thimble.
I will post more anon.
Until next time
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