Thursday, November 12, 2009

This dress sews up fast

Which is really good, because I don't really like it.

Justin had a long day at work on Sunday - shifts at both jobs - and I was recovering from a cold and didn't want to go out, so it was a perfect day for sewing. And in the end - I finished the dress mock up.You can see that the Halloween decorations are still up.

Okay, actually I didn't set in the zipper b/c I really didn't think I liked the dress. In a word, it is too big. Well, two words. Not too big for me - it fits just fine. But there is too much fabric in general. The skirt, as I expected is much too full to go under the lace. It doesn't exactly look bad, but doesn't have the sleek, flowy look that I had envisioned. More of a sausage kind of look. I didn't think I was going to like the ruching over the bust either, but that wasn't too bad once I put the dress on.

Anyway, I thought of many things and alterations... I think first thing will be to try the same top with a slimmer, A-line skirt. I promised Mom that I would change nothing until she came up for Thanksgiving and could see it and give me another opinion. Then I think we'll try to make another skirt out of the large pieces of the first skirt.

Oh and the train's not nearly long enough.

3 comments:

  1. This is probably obvious, but I'm betting that the train will expand a lot once you've dyed and blocked it. Unless you're not blocking it, to give it a more frothy look. If that's the case, nevermind. :)

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  2. Apparently dyeing actually can cause shrinkage, but blocking will most likely counteract that. I'm also figuring a good bridesmaid will be needed to keep it in order. But you raise a good point - might not be worth making the new train piece before the knitting is dyed/blocked and I know the true size.

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