Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Back to work Tuesday

Well my holiday/vacation time is over and it is back to work today. Yesterday was a very productive sewing day. I began working on M5818 dress. Here is a shot of my dress in progress.

I completed the dress part yesterday. This photo shows where I pinned in a deeper vertical darts. I also adjusted the pleats at the neckline,(adjustement not shown in this photo) they were sort of pulling at the front. I also decided that right under the arms to waist line that I will reduce the seam allowance from 5/8 to 3/8 as the bust area is pulling a little bit. I did a FBA and I also used a 14 at the under arm adjusting to 18 at the bust line. I probably should have used a 16 at that area.

I really like the look of the dots going from sparse to clustered. Next I need to sew up the lining fabric. I usually sew that first and let that be a test for fitting but just dove into sewing the fabric first. I am using a white lining as I did not have the right shade of blue lining to go with this dress.

More later.

9 comments:

  1. Great looking dress, the fabric is wonderful.

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  2. I love how you laid out the pattern, letting the dots fall at the bottom. Like--snowflakes!

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  3. Love how you used the fabric. It looks great!

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  4. This is going to be such a pretty dress! I love the way the dots cluster at the bottom as well. Very fun!

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  5. Lovely dress and also like the gathering of the dots at the bottom.

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  6. Very nice blue dress, either the yellow further withvolants i love it

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