Eleanor Dress Update
Jul. 14th, 2008 10:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
isabelladangeloOne sleeve is done. The other has the gold edging but I have yet to do the designs. I think I need to go get more of the gold roping because, of the 25 yards I originally bought? I have two and half yards left. Now, I just need to do the sleeve but I don't think that it's enough for six roundels. I'd need at least another yard and I think I'll just drive over to G-Street and grab another three yards to be safe.
After the design is done, the rest of it is easy (well, for me it is). It's a matter of lining the sleeves, adding the bias trim to the edges, and then beading them together. Hopefully, I'll get everything done this weekend.
On the Neapolitian dress: I think i like the green linen much better than the orange linen as a lining. It just *goes* better and I can't really explain why. The colors together - the brown, green, and bright pink - just look like a flower. It's really pretty and the trim still matches. The orange just did not look right. So, the next project - probably for when I get back - will be the jacket and dress.
After the design is done, the rest of it is easy (well, for me it is). It's a matter of lining the sleeves, adding the bias trim to the edges, and then beading them together. Hopefully, I'll get everything done this weekend.
On the Neapolitian dress: I think i like the green linen much better than the orange linen as a lining. It just *goes* better and I can't really explain why. The colors together - the brown, green, and bright pink - just look like a flower. It's really pretty and the trim still matches. The orange just did not look right. So, the next project - probably for when I get back - will be the jacket and dress.