I made a few minor adjustments around the bust to make the foundation fit smoother. I decided to use rigilene instead of zipties for boning because it's flatter and I don't know how much bulk will show through the teal outer fabric in the end. (I melted the cut ends of the rigilene with a lighter to keep everything from unraveling.)
I used a scrap of silver lame hook & eye tape to close the back because I had it in my box of things like that. I don't really care if it's all mismatched inside the dress since no one else will see it and I'll probably only wear it once.
Now that the fit of the foundation is correct and I don't have to worry about the dress creeping down (it even passed the sit test without moving up), I can continue on to pattern corrections to the actual dress!
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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
Merry Christmas, everyone!
If you're looking for something Christmasy to listen to/watch over the next few days, here's the most recent episode of my favorite podcast Blurry Creatures. It's a really fascinating (and nerdy) deep dive into the Biblical story of the Magi.
Two days after my son turned in his last paper for his bachelor's degree, I finished my shirt sewing project. Eight shirts, made to measure. Most of the fabrics are linen. Yes, regrettably you can tell exactly when I got my sewing machine repaired... but I hope these help him as he moves through his master's program and in life.
We had a very quiet Thanksgiving, and I'm doing palate cleansers between the shirts in my shirt gift project, so I ran through the scrap pile and made myself an apron.
Aprons, IME, should be made of thicker fabrics in order to actually prevent splashes and stains from getting to your real clothes. Both of these were skirt leftover bits :)
