From the front
From the side
Close side
From the back
Close front.
I am still working on the satin dress, it is driving me insane but I am slowly getting there!
Showing posts with label blue dress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blue dress. Show all posts
Saturday, 11 January 2014
The Finished Blue Dress
Finally, pictures of the finished blue dress. I'm afraid the model always looks most unfriendly and she has a very interesting stance. It makes the dress look boxy and rise at the shoulders.
Saturday, 4 January 2014
New Years Day
Was hopefully a sign of the year to come! It rained, quite heavily, in the middle of summer! I love the rain, the smell of it, the fresh feeling everything has afterwards and the water. The downside is everything is very dark and my camera does not like the dark. I took a few photos though, all delightfully wet.
An update on the blue dress: it is finished and I'm not going to make a belt. I am hoping to borrow a model from work to model it, stay tuned!
An update on the blue dress: it is finished and I'm not going to make a belt. I am hoping to borrow a model from work to model it, stay tuned!
Friday, 3 January 2014
Blue Dress
The blue dress is almost finished. I will try and do a proper shoot of this dress to post. I found the instructions slightly difficult to understand and ended up totally altering how I inserted the zip as I considered their method messy. Unfortunately I forgot to take photos of the construction of the outer bodice and there are only limited pictures of the lining.
The facing stitched to the lining.
The outer bodice stitched to lining at the slit.
The collar stitched to bodice but not slip-stitched down.
Finished collar
Each sleeve had three darts at the elbow.
The sleeves were eased in and then double stitched.
I hand-stitched the hems on the sleeves.
I ended up folding the seam allowance of the lining to the inside and machine stitching the zip to it. I then carefully folded the upper seam allowance inside and stab stitched over the zip.
Finished zip, I think it looks neater than it would have the other way which was to fold the seam allowance of both the lining and the upper to the right side of the lining and machine stitch, I did half and it looked awful so I unpicked it. I've hemmed the skirt upper and only have the lining and a belt to make now. I wasn't going to bother with a belt but when I tried it on my sister told me it looked like a nightdress so I thought a belt might improve it!
The facing stitched to the lining.
The outer bodice stitched to lining at the slit.
The collar stitched to bodice but not slip-stitched down.
Finished collar
Each sleeve had three darts at the elbow.
The sleeves were eased in and then double stitched.
I hand-stitched the hems on the sleeves.
I ended up folding the seam allowance of the lining to the inside and machine stitching the zip to it. I then carefully folded the upper seam allowance inside and stab stitched over the zip.
Finished zip, I think it looks neater than it would have the other way which was to fold the seam allowance of both the lining and the upper to the right side of the lining and machine stitch, I did half and it looked awful so I unpicked it. I've hemmed the skirt upper and only have the lining and a belt to make now. I wasn't going to bother with a belt but when I tried it on my sister told me it looked like a nightdress so I thought a belt might improve it!
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