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I'm pleased to say I have made a good start on releasing my inner dressmaker. This literally gorgeous fabric begged to come home with me on a shopping trip with Antonia. More recently it has been firmly insisting that it wanted to be a proper dress rather than the skirt I originally meant to make. The design is partly inspired by some of the recent frocks from "Dress a Day".
I reckon I get an A for appropriate use of fabric and cut. Accuracy of fit and Construction both only get a B. I think I score an A+ for efficient cutting and fabric piecing to get this frock out of just 1.5m. Cutting was made more difficult by the print not lining up with the grain of the fabric. The fabric was off grain when the print went on I think.
The tiny scraps left, the biggest bits of which are pieced.
I drafted the pattern myself from the bodice block I made a year or two ago.
However, the weather was so cold while I was making it, that I didn't do enough trying on and the waist ended up way too big. Thankfully a tuck in the front works to improve the fit. These delightful buttons were a gift, but long enough ago that I've forgotten who from. Dr Q?
The red trim was claimed off an old swiss dress that I wore as a child.
The obligatory label. Those large red stiches below it are to hold the trim down, I didn't allow enough fullness to stop it flipping up without help.
I shall have at least most of the rest of today away from sewing. What next I wonder? I need to remember that I only have time for a couple more moderately complex garments before I go back to work.
I reckon I get an A for appropriate use of fabric and cut. Accuracy of fit and Construction both only get a B. I think I score an A+ for efficient cutting and fabric piecing to get this frock out of just 1.5m. Cutting was made more difficult by the print not lining up with the grain of the fabric. The fabric was off grain when the print went on I think.
The tiny scraps left, the biggest bits of which are pieced.
I drafted the pattern myself from the bodice block I made a year or two ago.
However, the weather was so cold while I was making it, that I didn't do enough trying on and the waist ended up way too big. Thankfully a tuck in the front works to improve the fit. These delightful buttons were a gift, but long enough ago that I've forgotten who from. Dr Q?
The red trim was claimed off an old swiss dress that I wore as a child.
The obligatory label. Those large red stiches below it are to hold the trim down, I didn't allow enough fullness to stop it flipping up without help.
I shall have at least most of the rest of today away from sewing. What next I wonder? I need to remember that I only have time for a couple more moderately complex garments before I go back to work.