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Dream gown - a real update for once
Jul. 15th, 2005 03:32 pmI pulled apart the basting I had done since the fitting wasn't working out the same with the outer layer on. I refit the under layer first, then the over layer. I steamed the fabric so that it would hang right. I wish I would have taken pics last night before I packed it up for bed because this morning it was wrinkled of course and not quite as flowy. This gown looks and feels awesome freshly steamed.
Pics start here and run to the end of the gallery. These pics are kinda crappy quality since Chris' parents have the huge memory card and so we're just using the built in memory on the camera. Can hold like 15 pics at kinda crappy quality. Most of them seem washed out to me.
I really like the look of the two layers together. I never thought it would make that much of a difference, but it really does. I'm considering just attaching the outer back panel under the arm and only sewing it into the seam for a few inches (maybe 4 inches or so). Looking at this ref pic, it seems as though the back panel hangs rather freely, and that's not something I'm going to get from attaching it all the way down the side. I'll baste it that way and see how it looks.
Also, as I threw the outer front panel over the back to fit the front, it hung about the same distance below the outer back panel that the outer back hung from the inner back (if that makes sense). It made sort of a graduated effect (each panel slightly longer than the last). I stood and looked at it for a minute and I kind of liked it like that. Then I thought, this gown would look awesome with a lightweight cloak or mantle!! So, now I know what my fall project will be. :] I found a printed cut velvet in my thai silks swatches that I thought would be perfect, but unfortunately it's not on their site anymore.
Now, what's left to do is baste it together to try it on, adjust any fitting issues that remain and sew up the side seams permanently, then get to work on that hemming practice so I can call this gown done in the next week or so.
I've decided to stop putting deadlines on myself because it only gets me stressed out when I don't meet my own expectations. And this is my hobby, something I should enjoy doing, not get stressed over. I've got enough stress at work with deadlines set by others. Don't need it at home when I'm doing the stuff that's supposed to help relieve my stress. The only deadline I'm putting on myself now is to try to get the Blood Red gown done in time for the October 14th Taste of New Zealand dinner. If I can get that and a Aragorn Council Velvet outfit done for my fiance by then, we can go eat shwanky foods and drink shwanky wines in our shwanky costumes. :P He agreed, but only if he was assured there would be someone else there in costume. I'm hoping someone else from the group decides to go. I told him I was going [in costume] regardless, even if I had to find someone else to dress up with me, heh. It would be pricey ($120 just for dinner for the two of us, plus lodging for at least a night and of course we couldn't go to Indy without stocking up on dank beer), but sooo much fun!
Pics start here and run to the end of the gallery. These pics are kinda crappy quality since Chris' parents have the huge memory card and so we're just using the built in memory on the camera. Can hold like 15 pics at kinda crappy quality. Most of them seem washed out to me.
I really like the look of the two layers together. I never thought it would make that much of a difference, but it really does. I'm considering just attaching the outer back panel under the arm and only sewing it into the seam for a few inches (maybe 4 inches or so). Looking at this ref pic, it seems as though the back panel hangs rather freely, and that's not something I'm going to get from attaching it all the way down the side. I'll baste it that way and see how it looks.
Also, as I threw the outer front panel over the back to fit the front, it hung about the same distance below the outer back panel that the outer back hung from the inner back (if that makes sense). It made sort of a graduated effect (each panel slightly longer than the last). I stood and looked at it for a minute and I kind of liked it like that. Then I thought, this gown would look awesome with a lightweight cloak or mantle!! So, now I know what my fall project will be. :] I found a printed cut velvet in my thai silks swatches that I thought would be perfect, but unfortunately it's not on their site anymore.
Now, what's left to do is baste it together to try it on, adjust any fitting issues that remain and sew up the side seams permanently, then get to work on that hemming practice so I can call this gown done in the next week or so.
I've decided to stop putting deadlines on myself because it only gets me stressed out when I don't meet my own expectations. And this is my hobby, something I should enjoy doing, not get stressed over. I've got enough stress at work with deadlines set by others. Don't need it at home when I'm doing the stuff that's supposed to help relieve my stress. The only deadline I'm putting on myself now is to try to get the Blood Red gown done in time for the October 14th Taste of New Zealand dinner. If I can get that and a Aragorn Council Velvet outfit done for my fiance by then, we can go eat shwanky foods and drink shwanky wines in our shwanky costumes. :P He agreed, but only if he was assured there would be someone else there in costume. I'm hoping someone else from the group decides to go. I told him I was going [in costume] regardless, even if I had to find someone else to dress up with me, heh. It would be pricey ($120 just for dinner for the two of us, plus lodging for at least a night and of course we couldn't go to Indy without stocking up on dank beer), but sooo much fun!
