Anyhow, back to the topic of the new dress, I actually am making this with a particular occasion in mind. I intend to wear it to an awards ceremony in a week. There was a large number of potential dress patterns to choose from but for various reasons I managed to narrow it down to this one only: Butterick B5281, picture below:
I am making view B with the capped sleeves and I will not be putting shoulder pads in mine. After a trip to Spotlight I settled on some lovely red self patterned drapey jacquard. The lining is a red lawn to give the dress some body.
Today I managed (in between making a batch of grapefruit pickle with some mouldy grapefruits and taking the dog for a walk) to cut the dress out and assemble the bodice, except for the sleeves. The dress is fully lined which gives a lovely neckline without the frustration of a facing that keeps jumping to the right side. Below are some random pictures from the construction.
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| Tucks stitched into the right hand shoulder. |
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| The assembled bodice without the lining. |
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| The assembled bodice with lining, I am happy with it! |
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| Close up of neckline. |
On another note, it was the 23rd (!) anniversary of Freddie Mercury's passing yesterday, I was going to listen to my Queen CD but my CD player has finally given up the ghost so that plan went out of the window.
More updates to follow!
