After a few weeks of going back and forth i decided to work on what i will enjoy, so the 1880's Day Dress has been started! Not sure if it will make Dickens this year, but so far so good.
This evening i cut out and sewed up a muslin of the bodice of the dress. The skirt is a *very* simple shirred straight skirt so no need to mock it up. I was super impressed! The bodice fit very well for a first fitting. The only corrections i needed to make were to the back scooping out some of the excess along the princess seams as i have a small back waist - AND - shifting the front armhole excess to the side panel, i'm deeper then wider and could use the width at the back armhole much more than the front. The corrections only took a few minutes and now the pattern is ready to be cut out!
Finding out i don't have enough fabric :(
This evening i cut out and sewed up a muslin of the bodice of the dress. The skirt is a *very* simple shirred straight skirt so no need to mock it up. I was super impressed! The bodice fit very well for a first fitting. The only corrections i needed to make were to the back scooping out some of the excess along the princess seams as i have a small back waist - AND - shifting the front armhole excess to the side panel, i'm deeper then wider and could use the width at the back armhole much more than the front. The corrections only took a few minutes and now the pattern is ready to be cut out!
The bodice fitting...
Unfortunately i am short on muslin for the bodice lining...and i don't want to cut anything until i know i have enough and everything fits! Nothing worse then finding out you do not have enough fabric when you are already so committed and have cut most of what you do have. It's not all bad as this means a trip to the fabric store tomorrow. YEA!!!!
Finding out i don't have enough fabric :(
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