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Somehow or other, I must have appeased the sewing gods, because I was permitted to get the entire bodice and skirt from the Liberty fabric. There's something to be said for non-directional fabric, because the front was cut on the straight grain and the back was cut on the cross-grain, but there's no visual difference and the fullness of the skirt back makes it hang properly.
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This dress has ended up all my favorite bits of my recent projects. After using V 8352 for the bodice, for the skirt, I used the back-pleated skirt from BWOF 4/2006 #122. Because the fabric wasn't wide enough to accommodate the whole thing, I folded one pleat out of the pattern piece, narrowing the skirt by a few inches. I also cut it about 1.5" longer because I haven't made up my mind about the dress length yet. For the collar, I used the gathered collar from BWOF 3/08 #108. I extended the collar by about an inch and added a few more gathers to make it fit. I knew as soon as I made that shirt that I was going to use that collar again; I just didn't realize how soon!
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For the facings, I used the contrast fabric, and I really like how it looks with the patterned collar. I found some blue fabric in my stash that was a good color match, but in the end I thought it was too much blue, and the tan seemed much less like "hey, she ran out of fabric and had to substitute." It looks more like a design choice.
At this point I have a bodice (still without sleeves) and a skirt. I've had the two pinned together in various configurations but it hasn't yet gotten to the point where it looks like the dress I have in my head, so I guess the sewing gods aren't entirely appeased.
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I've taken the rest of the day off and started working on a shirt for Mario made from some of the fabric he picked out in Paris. It's cut and stitched in a chevron pattern on one side of the front and the rest of the shirt is on the bias, so it's not a walk in the park either, but once the challenging part is done it's just another man's shirt, and I can work on it while letting the dress percolate in the back of my head.
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Next up: deciding on sleeves. There's almost no Liberty left, and I do want to use more of the contrast, so I have to figure out a small sleeve, almost a cap sleeve, that will incorporate both fabrics. It'll come. I also have to dig through the button stash. I have some vintage buttons that will work on this, just not sure (again) if I want to use blue or light brown.
5 comments:
Well it looks super so far...I lust after that fabric!
It's looking gorgeous so far! I can't wait until I am good enough to put together pieces of my favorite patterns to create something uniquely mine. And I'm really looking forward to seeing your final version of this dress! :)
Wow! Nice job! I really like the collar and the tan facing. How about a small sleeve like in Butterick 4799 view A or C?
http://www.butterick.com/item/B4799.htm?tab=tops&page=3
Gosh, I love that fabric. That brown looks great with it.
Sweet!
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