I did a little bit of construction on my dress before dinner tonight.
Last weekend, I copied the foundation pieces on my printer/copier, measured and did a few flat alterations (I'm short-waisted, so I had already folded out an inch when I copied the pieces), and removed the seam allowances.
Without the seam allowances on the paper pieces, it was much easier to determine if I had seams hitting me in the correct places. I ended up removing 1.5" from the center front to put the princess seams where they belong on my bust. That is a huge amount to need to remove for a foundation that is supposed to be tight enough to hold the weight of the entire dress in the end!
I traced the pieces onto coutil and added seam allowance directly on the fabric. I decided to add an inch extra at the top because I wanted to make sure it covered my bra band all the way around.
I stitched it up on my marked stitchlines. Good thing I added that extra at the top because I was right that I needed about half an inch more than the pattern allowed for!
The foundation still needs a little tweaking, but I think it's good to move forward with and to base the outer dress pieces on it for flat alterations. I plan to use some zipties for boning.
#Butterick4731
I spent the day priming things for paint and then I remembered to shoot a quick video. #SewingStudioBuild
I started cutting all the edges while Janet was away yesterday morning. When she got back after lunch, she pulled out a roller and started filling in. I'll put a pic below in the comments. #SewingStudioBuild
We broke for lunch and then came back with a portal ac unit plugged in to an extention cord from the house. Can't wait until they finished hooking up all the electrical and we have the mini split cooling the room for us - it was stupid humid today! #SewingStudioBuild
I draped a really rough half-scale ruffle tail for one of the debutant dresses Janet & I are making. I just eyeballed and freehand cut a scrap of (un-ironed) muslin in a spiral and pinned it to my little dress form to make sure it was long enough to reach from hem to waist. Then I marked the folds and traced it onto graph paper and cleaned it up. The graph paper makes it easier to copy at 200% and tape the pieces back together.
I'll transfer the enlarged frankenstein paper pattern to brown paper when I'm back at the studio tomorrow or Friday and then make it out of the real fabric.
#ruffle #fiestabuild
I made 2 of these valentine garlands. Found the tutorial via Instagram and thought it would be perfect to send to Ashley, my daughter in Oregon, and Madison, my birth daughter in North Carolina.
Pics are from Ashley.
