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Finished at last!
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PROGRESS DIARY:
I've been sewing my interpretation of this dress over the past few days, taking photos whenever I remembered.
It has ended up quite challenging - I keep looking at pictures and working out ways to copy, wishing I had the actual dress in front of me.
The bodice is the
Elegant Lady's Closet pattern, and the skirt will be Jennie's
regency dress pattern. I removed about 4 inches from the centre front bodice to make it a fitted bodice.
I don't have time to sew the entire dress by hand and wish to use the machine where possible, but I must say that most of it has ended up sewn by hand, and its taking me longer than I anticipated.
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| Lining up the stripes on the back |
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| Binding the front open edges |
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| Preparing the front detail. It was easier to bind before cutting it out. |
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| Pinning in place |
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| Close up showing the binding loops |
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| Gathering the centres of the bows |
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| Three more bows to go. |
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| Side shot with flash showing first bow |
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| Three bows, one to go. The mannequin is too large so the bodice is not sitting well tonight. |
Oh my goodness! The colors, textures, and detail in the piping are outstanding! What glorious work you do, and I can't wait to see the finished project.
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Katrina
This is gorgeous, I hope to see this at the next workshop :)
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