There is something about winter that means I take a lot less pictures. (Hah... 'something'. There is no light by the time I get home, its all cold and I want to be a hermit. I am a happy hermit holed up high above the horizon, hoping for higher heat.)
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| blech |
..and with that... the coat. Excuse the terrible picture. I blame winter. Also a lack of professional photographic equipment. I feel this could mitigate winter. but I digress - I find I don't like any of the swatches, so I am forced (forced I say) to go to the fabric store this weekend and play with things. It's going to be rough.
Anyhow. Continuing my recent streak on sensible decisions, I've decided this time of travel and work deadlines is when I need to sew a new dress for new year's eve -- and not just any dress -- a fancy franken patterened dress with lace and beading. (I have three kinds of beads) (I make good decisions)
Specifically these two dresses: Vogue 1174 for the body and 1304 for the straps.
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| The main dress |
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| The straps |
Not being completely insane, I'm skipping all the boning and foundation in 1174 and just doing the shell, relying on the straps to hold everything in place. I needed to reshape the back a bit, as it lay oddly on my pointy pointy scapula and ditched the cap sleeve, as they almost invariably look terrible on me.
The first fitting went pretty well - other than the straps, the biggest change is some reshaping around the cups to get everything to sit closer to my chest and prevent any gaping. (The majority of the wrinkles are due to the fabric being smushed up in a ball for a couple of months before I used it for the muslin... Its not actually way too tight)
Next up: make new pattern pieces, check them in a second muslin, and move on to the actual dress!
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