I wore my new plaid bustle dress and realized now I need a new chemise and a new corset cover. The new neckline is not working with my current chemise and corset cover. I had to do some last minute adjustments Friday.
And then there was the "bump" along the lower edge of the neckline. I thought it was fixed when I did little tacking stitches along there. That edge is a little thick with the pleating and the velvet piping. I then realized that when I sewed that seam the plaid fabric must a slipped a bit on that edge and there was just extra fabric. I took out my original tacking and pushing up the fabric toward the piping, I tacked it down there to use up that extra fabric. There was plenty of room to pull it up on the piping. So I think it is really fixed this time.
This dress is a lot easier to wear than I thought it would be. It is trained, so the back stays in the back. I actually forgot there was a train most of the time. And there isn't a hoop bustle, just a couple of trained petticoats. It is a little difficult to get into the car, with all that fabric in the rear....don't want to leave anything outside the door!
I won't be wearing this dress while giving tours though. I have people occasionally step on the back of my skirts without really a train. I will be wearing it on "Station Days" for school classes, when I stay in one room and pass the class onto the next room, and on "Flow-Through" tours that we have on big events. Our guest can flow through the house at their own speed as the docents stay in one room.
Now I will start having to look into patterns for a new chemise and corset cover. And my corset is starting to show a lot of wear so will think about making a new corset also.
All these projects will keep me busy as I wait of lift off day in June!
And then there was the "bump" along the lower edge of the neckline. I thought it was fixed when I did little tacking stitches along there. That edge is a little thick with the pleating and the velvet piping. I then realized that when I sewed that seam the plaid fabric must a slipped a bit on that edge and there was just extra fabric. I took out my original tacking and pushing up the fabric toward the piping, I tacked it down there to use up that extra fabric. There was plenty of room to pull it up on the piping. So I think it is really fixed this time.
This dress is a lot easier to wear than I thought it would be. It is trained, so the back stays in the back. I actually forgot there was a train most of the time. And there isn't a hoop bustle, just a couple of trained petticoats. It is a little difficult to get into the car, with all that fabric in the rear....don't want to leave anything outside the door!
I won't be wearing this dress while giving tours though. I have people occasionally step on the back of my skirts without really a train. I will be wearing it on "Station Days" for school classes, when I stay in one room and pass the class onto the next room, and on "Flow-Through" tours that we have on big events. Our guest can flow through the house at their own speed as the docents stay in one room.
Now I will start having to look into patterns for a new chemise and corset cover. And my corset is starting to show a lot of wear so will think about making a new corset also.
All these projects will keep me busy as I wait of lift off day in June!
