So the stays were a bust but...
Nov. 14th, 2009 03:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
isabelladangeloI think I might love the Regency gown. Around uh...11 pm I decided to start on it. Four hours later, from drafting the pattern to sewing on the hooks and eyes, it's done.
I did make it out of the burnt orange taffeta. The color is growing on me. Maybe it's just that the gown came out and looks *right*. I designed it based off the half gown in Patterns of Fashion. I did use the sleeve from the Simplicity pattern (Sense and Sensibility) but that's because I know my pattern drafting limits....and I didn't want to mess up terribly on the sleeves, again.
It took me a bit to figure out the lining/facing of the bodice but I did figure it out. Actually, if you take out all the "maybe if I try this" and "agh! the pleat didn't catch"s, it was probably a three hour dress....
I promise to take pictures tomorrow of the dress. There is little point at 3 am of taking pictures when my camera likes to wash things out. They won't come out right.
I did make it out of the burnt orange taffeta. The color is growing on me. Maybe it's just that the gown came out and looks *right*. I designed it based off the half gown in Patterns of Fashion. I did use the sleeve from the Simplicity pattern (Sense and Sensibility) but that's because I know my pattern drafting limits....and I didn't want to mess up terribly on the sleeves, again.
It took me a bit to figure out the lining/facing of the bodice but I did figure it out. Actually, if you take out all the "maybe if I try this" and "agh! the pleat didn't catch"s, it was probably a three hour dress....
I promise to take pictures tomorrow of the dress. There is little point at 3 am of taking pictures when my camera likes to wash things out. They won't come out right.
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Date: 2009-11-15 01:48 am (UTC)http://www.flickr.com/photos/jubileel/sets/72157622804202098/
And
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bauhausfrau/sets/72157622804366208/
And Miss Ginsie was fine. She got into the trash (grr...) but was fine. I really think it was just her "winter" seizure. She shouldn't have another one until May or June now.