My Museum of London-inspired gown is nearly complete and I'm several days ahead of schedule.
As I mentioned before, I had to machine sew the center seam in the center back panel. I tried hand sewing this several times but my back stitches were too crooked and the stripes wouldn't line up neatly.
In my
last post I talked about making the panels much skinnier than I have worked with before (20 inches wide instead of 30 inches wide). When pleating this section, I found the lack of fabric challenging. Less fabric to tuck under meant that there was less fabric to form the stripe pattern.
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| The center back panel all cut and ready for the skirt panels and bodice. |
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| My new sleeves. |
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| The skirt panel - pleated, pinned and waiting for basting stitches. The 20 inch skirt panels were much easier to pleat than the green gown. |
When finishing the top of the center back panel I cut the stripes so that....
...they're just like the original.
And here's the gown with everything attached. It just needs a sash and a little trim.
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My favorite part of the process was when...
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| ...my ten month old started developing an appreciation for fabric. |
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| And she hijacked a skirt panel! |
What a lovely dress! Sewing with stripes and graphic patterns on fabric is always a challenge - and it was a challenge that wasn't always mastered by the seamstresses back then either. Your result is wonderful!!!
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Oh isn't she cute!!!! Hopefully it is a good sign that she will follow in your creative footsteps :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Mrs C and Sabine!!
ReplyDeleteYou did an awesome job on this gown, the color suited you perfectly and the red sash was stunning.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
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