Dream gown
Jun. 17th, 2005 10:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mellymellLast night I got the front panel attached at the shoulders. Cowl necklines are a bit tricky (I've never done one). I finally had to step back and start over. I attached the panel at the shoulders first with it flush across the chest, then measured out from where it was pinned, 4" on each side and made a mark there with a fabric pen. Then I detached it and reattached it where the marks were, gathering it there so that the fabric draped from that point. I still had to trim the neckline some to keep it from standing up too much. I don't think that's going to be an issue with the chiffon.
I'm thinking of at least mocking up the front panel with some polyester chiffon I have left over from a gypsy costume last year (the shirt that I never put together). The muslin fabric is just not draping accurately enough for me to really get an idea of how this thing will be to shape. But I'm making do with what I've got so far. Still, it looks pretty decent I think. I got some pics of it with just the back panel on. Tonight I'll probably take pics of where I am now before proceeding.
I went ahead and started pinning where there was some shaping. So far, I've gotten the shaping around the bust and upper waist on the front and the lower back. Seems most of the back of this gown just hangs freely, with a tiny bit of definition at the waist, so that was about all the shaping I wanted to do there. I'll pin the panels together tonight and maybe baste it all together to try it on and see if it'll fit ok. I'm doing the fitting on an unaltered dress form, so it will be a bit too big (probably). Once I get this project done, I'll go ahead and finish the alterations to my form's cover. I didn't really care for this project since it's supposed to be sort of a loosely fitted gown anyway.
I ordered the chiffon and dyes from Dharma first thing this morning. They're shipping priority mail, so they'll likely get here Monday or Tuesday. With shipping and everything, it's about $60. I also ordered some invisible thread, an invisible lightweight zipper (from Denver Fabrics) and some matching grossgrain ribbon (from M&J, since I knew off hand they sell it by the yard).
What I'm going to try there is to attach the panels to a short piece of the ribbon and gather them onto it so that I've got something other than just chiffon to sew together (and hold it up later). I'll put the zipper under the arm in the side seam so that there's no back seam. Overall, I'd say it's going swimmingly so far (I might not be singing the same tune as I wrestle chiffon into my sewing machine, I'll get to exercise my walking foot for the first time).
Mogwai kitty is enjoying curling up on the 12" train I've put on the back. The dress form is positioned in such a way that he can lay on that and hover his head over the A/C vent (another thing he loves to do). This could be a problem when I get around to using the chiffon and I get pissy about what it touches.
I'm thinking of at least mocking up the front panel with some polyester chiffon I have left over from a gypsy costume last year (the shirt that I never put together). The muslin fabric is just not draping accurately enough for me to really get an idea of how this thing will be to shape. But I'm making do with what I've got so far. Still, it looks pretty decent I think. I got some pics of it with just the back panel on. Tonight I'll probably take pics of where I am now before proceeding.
I went ahead and started pinning where there was some shaping. So far, I've gotten the shaping around the bust and upper waist on the front and the lower back. Seems most of the back of this gown just hangs freely, with a tiny bit of definition at the waist, so that was about all the shaping I wanted to do there. I'll pin the panels together tonight and maybe baste it all together to try it on and see if it'll fit ok. I'm doing the fitting on an unaltered dress form, so it will be a bit too big (probably). Once I get this project done, I'll go ahead and finish the alterations to my form's cover. I didn't really care for this project since it's supposed to be sort of a loosely fitted gown anyway.
I ordered the chiffon and dyes from Dharma first thing this morning. They're shipping priority mail, so they'll likely get here Monday or Tuesday. With shipping and everything, it's about $60. I also ordered some invisible thread, an invisible lightweight zipper (from Denver Fabrics) and some matching grossgrain ribbon (from M&J, since I knew off hand they sell it by the yard).
What I'm going to try there is to attach the panels to a short piece of the ribbon and gather them onto it so that I've got something other than just chiffon to sew together (and hold it up later). I'll put the zipper under the arm in the side seam so that there's no back seam. Overall, I'd say it's going swimmingly so far (I might not be singing the same tune as I wrestle chiffon into my sewing machine, I'll get to exercise my walking foot for the first time).
Mogwai kitty is enjoying curling up on the 12" train I've put on the back. The dress form is positioned in such a way that he can lay on that and hover his head over the A/C vent (another thing he loves to do). This could be a problem when I get around to using the chiffon and I get pissy about what it touches.
