The beauty of a mockup is it doesn't take much time and you don't waste the nice fabric. Unfortunately, most projects die at the mockup stage (for me at least).
Right after my last post, I grabbed a scrap of muslin and started draping & drawing a hip-pack on myself. I worked out how big the pockets needed to be by drawing around an old gift card (I keep it in a notebook with my bag making patterns), my phone, and my hand while making sure they were all in places that didn't fight with leg bend and allowed for sitting. I also cut the edges to the angles I liked visually.
And that's when I decided a hip-pack was going to be overkill for this situation. So I'm going to pivot and make a slightly modernized 18th Century pocket instead (see last pic for an example). Afterall, there's going to be a "Dress like a Pirate Night" on the cruise.
I still want to make a pattern for a hip-pack like this because it will be perfect for things like a museum, fair, or concert when I don't want to carry a purse or backpack. But I think I'm going to put it aside for now.
#hippack
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
Why do you have to be so pretty, brocade? I love you, but you are so fussy to work with!
#derbydress
I made a rub-off dress... the only change I made was to increase the width of the waistband from 2" to 3", which I am more-or-less satisfied with. I'd do a few things, construction-wise, differently next time, but this is an easy, comfortable dress.
The original is from Talbots.
It’s been awhile since I’ve had something to show, but I’m finally getting the pictures up! Both of these were from the Paloma pattern in the Itch to Stitch “Sew Beautiful” book. I did the top first to test the pattern, and tried to add some length to the sleeves, since 3/4 length only works here about 3 to 4 days of the year! I apparently underestimated the length I needed to add, but I had to cut crosswise even to add this much, so I couldn’t have done more.
For the dress, I did add more sleeve length (slightly overestimated this time). I also added ties to the neck and pockets, though in retrospect, I probably should have put them in higher. Based on the shirt, I’d thought putting them in the top part would be too high. So I inserted them in the first ruffle layer and it is maybe a bit too low.
Overall, though, I think this was a worthwhile pattern to play with.
