I realized that I haven't posted anything sewing related since March! What a failure considering the title of the blog! XD
Also this is my 30th post, and I have gotten over 1000 page views! Thanks everyone! :D Thats 4 digits!!! And even though I'm sure at least 50 of those (if not more!) are mine, thanks for the other 950!
As a reward, you get to see the progress pics of the dress I made for my sister, Alex. Anyone remember this picture from my March update? Yeah, that one.
I finished the dress before I went to Europe, but I still haven't had a chance to do a proper photoshoot. I think I will wait a little bit until the weather is nicer so I can do it outside in a garden, surrounded by flowers. As a floral patterned dress it is quite appropriate for a spring photoshoot!
Here we go!
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I started out with a rough of the bodice piece in a black broadcloth,
as I had limited amounts of good fabric to work with. |
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I was originally going to do a ruffled design with the pink fabric, but that
got scrapped fairly early on. |
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I ended up going with a sleeker, simple, fitted bodice. |
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Don't know why this didn't get rotated, but this is my rough sketch of the
dress. (And I think the first sketch to get uploaded to this blog. God
I'm lazy...) |
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A problem that never managed to get fixed... sigh |
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Again using broadcloth to create a mock-up of
pieces of the garment. |
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Tracing the pieces onto brown fabric. |
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This is brown, I know you can't tell... |
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Making sure none of the flowers are in awkward
positions before proceeding with the cutting is
always good. :D |
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I love this fabric. |
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Drawing on the darts. |
Somehow, at this point I realized my measurements had gotten lost in translation somewhere, and the bodice was too small. DX I had to make it again, but I decided to use the black broadcloth as lining, so it wasn't a total waste...
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All sewn together. |
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Finishing the edges of the gold fabric. |
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The under skirt. |
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The pouffe. |
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Sewing the layers together was pretty confusing... especially in the
dark. When I get my own work desk, I'm putting in really strong lights... |
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At this point, I decided to shorten the bodice in
order to even out the proportions and make it
look better. |
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This is where I ran into difficulty. D: Never having done a dress like this
before, I was unprepared for the sheer amount of layers that ended up in one
seam thanks to my inexperience. I had a heck of a time sewing through it,
which led to more problems.... |
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Meaning that I was unable to put in the zipper. DX So I had to call in the
expert, aka Mum. And even she had difficulty with it. |
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hmm... Still not completely satisfied,
but as my first attempt at anything this
complicated, I'd say it was pretty good. |
Finished shots will come later this spring! Look forward to it!
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