Posts Tagged ‘princess’ gown’
It’s not FINISHED finished, but it is all assembled. And suffering from “looks better on a person than the dress form” disease, but you will get the idea.
For this gown, I tried something new in terms of the neckline – I made bias tape and finished the neckline with it. Since it’s a keyhole neckline, I had to miter the corners, and I even did it correctly on the first try! (Hooray, I get to pass ninth grade geometry!)
In general, I like [...]
The fabric that I’m working with is still annoying, and the results are still beautiful. I have the neckline finished (stay tuned for a post just about the neckline, once I’ve taken pictures of it), both sleeves put in, and the gores and side seam done on one side. There’s a LOT of skirt, and [...]
This evening I cut out HRH’s gown and put together the front & back panels with their gores, cut the neckline, and assembled the sleeves. OK, when I write it that way, it doesn’t seem like all that much for two hours of work. The cutting took me about half an hour. As I was [...]
I finished up Liadain’s underdress last night during textile guild. Hooray!
Here’s a sampling of what the finished seams look like. The shoulder seams were on the selvedge, so I didn’t bother to fell them, I just laid them flat and stitched them down.
I ALWAYS seem to mess up when I fell the [...]
The sleeves were too narrow – fine on top, but not big enough just below the elbow. So I ripped out the old ones and cut entirely new ones. I COULD have just used a teenytiny seam allowance and made the old ones work, but those sleeves are a good size for me, so I’ll [...]
I’m making a set of 13th century gowns for HRH Liadain and took today (while watching the inauguration) to do the bulk of the construction on the underdress. It’s all together now… I’m a little concerned about the fit of the sleeves, but we’ll know for sure how they’re fitting on Thursday.
The whole thing, inside [...]
I used to keep everyone’s measurements in a little notebook, where I would also sketch patterns, cutting diagrams, etc. These days, though, I keep everyone’s measurements in a spreadsheet. It makes the math much easier, and means I don’t have to go flipping back through the notebook to see if I have them already. Plus [...]
