Sooo weird! I washed half of the dark 14 oz denim yardage in hopes it would soften up (it was super stiff). It did soften up nicely, but it also washed all the green out! I was really confused when the color catcher came out green since I was expecting it to be blue!
Unwashed fabric is darker piece in top left of first photo and triangle swatch in other pics. I like the fact that the white dots you could see on the front mostly disappeared after washing. And I don't think the color change will be a problem in the end because no one will ever see the before & after side-by-side - it's just weird!
#FelicityJumpsuitCostume
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