Arwen's Dream gown
Jun. 16th, 2005 03:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mellymellWith all the talk on LR_Cos about how great of a beginner project it is, and my feeling that I need a nice elegant nightgown (and more sewing practice), I've decided to make the Dream gown.
I started the mockup on a whim last night and got the back panel done in about 20 minutes. Tonight I'll do the front and figure out how much fabric I'll need. Tomorrow is payday and therefore, I'll be ready to order what I think will wind up being 8 yds of the widest silk chiffon I can find (which looks like 54" at this point) and a jar each of periwinkle and lavender fiber reactive dyes (all from Dharma). Looks like it's going to cost me about $50 to recreate. Not bad for a super fancy silk nightgown (compare to Victoria's Secret or the like).
Since I'll be doing this relatively close to the original, I'm likely not going to share any pics of me in it. But I do plan on documenting my construction and sharing pics of it on my dress form at least. I'm hoping for this to be my first project to give me some content for my website (which is almost ready to be published, but I'm feeling silly with no content there worth publishing).
Other projects in the works:
must. . . stay. . . motivated :P
I started the mockup on a whim last night and got the back panel done in about 20 minutes. Tonight I'll do the front and figure out how much fabric I'll need. Tomorrow is payday and therefore, I'll be ready to order what I think will wind up being 8 yds of the widest silk chiffon I can find (which looks like 54" at this point) and a jar each of periwinkle and lavender fiber reactive dyes (all from Dharma). Looks like it's going to cost me about $50 to recreate. Not bad for a super fancy silk nightgown (compare to Victoria's Secret or the like).
Since I'll be doing this relatively close to the original, I'm likely not going to share any pics of me in it. But I do plan on documenting my construction and sharing pics of it on my dress form at least. I'm hoping for this to be my first project to give me some content for my website (which is almost ready to be published, but I'm feeling silly with no content there worth publishing).
Other projects in the works:
- seemingly endless beading on wedding gown accessories (wedding gown to follow soon)
- a silk kimono-like shirt that I've been putting off
- and the Blood Red gown that I hope to be complete by Halloween or even by the end of September so that I can wear it to the opening of the LOTR exhibit in Indy
must. . . stay. . . motivated :P
