Tuesday, December 27, 2011

The New Dress Project

Yesterday I started cutting out strips of fabric with a vague picture in my mind of how my dress would look.  Sadie helped me drape and giggle.  She also offered to sew, but I declined (by pointing out that we still need to buy batteries!).  Here's what I've come up with so far.  I'd have to say my dress form comes in a close second to my scissors in the usefulness department.  

Unfortunately the bra straps (that I use to shape my dress form) are in the picture.  But other than that, here's my plan for my new dress.

Now if only I had someplace fancy to wear it!  Maybe next year!


4 comments:

  1. That turned out beautiful! I do quite a bit of sewing, but I don't think I could get that without some sort of pattern. Very well done. :-)

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  2. Great job. And good thinking with the bra. You might want to try draping a skirt on the bias, diagonally. It'll have more drape and movement, but on the downside uses a lot more fabric.

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  3. If you can find this book at a used book store or at a yard sale or something, pick it up!

    http://www.fashionpatterns.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6&products_id=70

    I took a draping class and we used this book. It's very easy to use and extremely informative. It also teaches you to make nearly any shape with the modern dress form.

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  4. The Barrister's Ball (at school) in the spring will be perfect :)

    Unless it is a winter material? I dont know such things.

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