I have been stewing a bit about the sleeves on the bodice....but I wanted to do fun stuff like the Overskirt. So I am still stewing about the sleeves, while working on the overskirt.
The sleeves are just not right. The period of 1870s called for not much height in the sleeve, or gathering. I think I need to remove the sleeves and cut them smaller at the top of the arm a bit, but later....
The overskirt. LOTS of material for this project.
All is going fine, except... You see, there are only 3 pieces but 2 of them are HUGE. Since my fabric is 45" wide I followed the directions for 45", but then it dawned on me last night (always these things come up as I am just falling asleep) that I didn't take into consideration that I am working with stripes. And the stripes in the front are going the wrong direction. Lucky for me I have enough material to redo that piece, but it means redoing a lot of work. Oh, well, it is just for fun!
A couple of pics to show you what I mean. Keep in mind though, all the tapes aren't pulled up and it really isn't finished, as you can tell by the waistband. See that front middle part... the stripes.
The sleeves are just not right. The period of 1870s called for not much height in the sleeve, or gathering. I think I need to remove the sleeves and cut them smaller at the top of the arm a bit, but later....
The overskirt. LOTS of material for this project.
All is going fine, except... You see, there are only 3 pieces but 2 of them are HUGE. Since my fabric is 45" wide I followed the directions for 45", but then it dawned on me last night (always these things come up as I am just falling asleep) that I didn't take into consideration that I am working with stripes. And the stripes in the front are going the wrong direction. Lucky for me I have enough material to redo that piece, but it means redoing a lot of work. Oh, well, it is just for fun!
A couple of pics to show you what I mean. Keep in mind though, all the tapes aren't pulled up and it really isn't finished, as you can tell by the waistband. See that front middle part... the stripes.
I Love the color of this dress. Gorgeous!!!
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