Showing posts with label Vintage sheet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vintage sheet. Show all posts

Sunday, September 01, 2013

B5917

The dress is complete except for hemming.  I truly like this pattern and will come back to it to make a fall dress, perhaps using the longer sleeves but staying with the sheath style.  Here is a view of the dress hanging.
Some of the adjustments I made with this dress included forward shoulder, FBA, and sway back.  During the sewing process I made additional changes: upper back bodice adjustment-sewing this piece by adjusting from center to side seam by sewing the upper back piece at 3/4 inch with bottom back piece at 5/8.  Right shoulder was adjusted by sewing from mid shoulder to shoulder an additional 1/4 inch.  Back darts were let out and curved.

Some more photos of the dress

bathroom shot of dress front
Hem pinned




This dress is made from a vintage sheet from a give away contest from Lynn at Wonderfully Made.  The lights in my bathroom show case the fabric better than my sewing room.

The next version I will line fully instead of just the bodice.  I thought about doing that with this dress but needed to work through how the bodice lining worked per instructions and what I should do to adapt to full lining.  I will simple duplicate the dress.  Lining the skirt portion will help eliminate wrinkles with some fabrics.

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Winning!

I just received earlier this week this lovely vintage sheet and pattern from Lynn at Wonderfully Made.  She was doing a giveaway contest and I WON!!!  

I have always been amazed by garments made by others using sheets or the like.  I am looking forward to making this up soon.  Maybe if I sew this soon, it will actually stay sunny and bright as most summers seem to be to me.  We have had the wettest July since I have lived in this part of Virginia--almost 10 years in September.

Thanks again Lynn for selecting me as the winner!


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