Here’s a photo journey of the Blue Dress (here’s where we left off from):
I sewed the facings to the bodice:
I pinked the edges around the arm and neck holes:
I finished the side seams:
Shortened the straps by about 3 cms:
And slip stitched the facing down:
Bodice finished:
I folded and pressed 1cm, then folded and pressed an 8cm hem.
Pinked some more:
Sewed the hem down:
And then the dress was finished:
HOPE YOU LIKE IT SISTER 🙂
So… not a great deal of progress has been made since my last post about the blue dress I’m making for my sister’s birthday.
I have pinned the pieces to the linen and measures 1/4 inch around the side seams as I needed one inch added to the bust and waist.
Please excuse the hideous retro carpet in our flat.
I then pinned the pattern to the lining and added one inch around the edges. I was intending to finish the seams in the same way as Did You Make That? did here (such a smart way to finish). Unfortunately, I only remembered about this on the bodice front and clean forgot when I was cutting the pieces for the back! *cries*
Undeterred I ploughed on, basting the lining and the linen together using a long stitch:
Now to put the darts in and join at the sides
How’s your project going?
My sister’s birthday is coming up. The 26 June to be exact. I, perhaps foolishly, offered to make her something as a birthday gift. After looking through my small collection of patterns we settled on this one – Simplicity 6227 c.1965. I’m going to make view 2 (the silver one, bottom row).
We chose an electric blue linen. In fact, it is almost, but not quite, purple.
This is the most accurate depiction of the colour.
I’ve pre-washed the fabric and taken my sister’s measurements. Now I just need to get cutting and sewing. Wish me luck.
Here are some more photos of the bouquet of flowers my sister gave me for my
university graduation. Just cos …
If anyone can help me name some of these flowers I would be most grateful!
On Monday I went to my second week of Sew, Sew, Sew! I got there early and got cracking with sewing my velvet to the lining as I had finished cutting, pinned at home on Sunday evening (aren’t I good!) Remember this pattern…?
The instructions wanted me to baste the lining straight onto the velvet shell. My tutor was a bit dubious about this approach but thought it best to go along with what the instructions said. I took a guess and thought that a half inch seam allowance would suffice.
I then stitched the shape of the side darts, front darts and back darts right through the velvet and the lining as the instructions asked me to. This seemed somewhat unusual aswell (tutor also agreed) but who am I to argue with the pattern?
The tutor and I also thought that having four parallel darts in the front as well as four more in the back could look be a bit bulky with the velvet. Soooo I have only put in the larger of the darts (closer to the middle) on the front and the back and will see how that looks. I put the side darts in like normal.
Also here are some more pics of the lovely bouquet my sister bought me for graduation… just cos I felt like it…
Dresses & Me 