WOOP WOOP!
Man, I gotta tellya, that skirt whupped my butt. The skirt on the extant gown is cut as a full circle. I tried for days to figure out how to do that with the two remaining curtain panels I had, but I just couldn't make it work. In the end, I went with a panel-and-gore skirt, to make the best use of the fabric I had. It means that the skirt isn't as full as I'd have liked, but it still looks and moves great (it's far fuller than it looks in the pics; my dress dummy is perched on the edge of the table, and some of the skirt had to be wadded up underneath it to make it look like it was standing up. I reeeeally need to get around to building a stand for it!)
The skirt is pleated onto a hidden waistband attached underneath and behind the lower edge of the bodice...
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| I wrapped the red printed linen drapery fabric around a core of white upholstery canvas, for stiffness and strength - the skirt is reeeally heavy! |
There's a split in the front of the skirt - I'd originally wanted to conceal the waistband closure inside a deep pleat, but I didn't have enough fabric to pleat the skirt as fully as I'd wanted to. So I split the front, and edged it in a narrow bias tape; the split sits pretty flat, and is completely hidden by the black belt when I have it on.
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| Too much/too thick fabric for pins? Bobby pins. Thanks, Pinterest! |
All in all, though, I really like the way the dress came out. It fits perfectly, and though it's heavy, it moves well, and is really comfortable.
Other Notes:
- I ended up not lining the skirt. This dress is heavy enough, I didn't want to add any more weight to it. I also didn't want to add yet another layer to the three I'll already be wearing at the event...which is indoors.
- I added a 3" trim of red upholstery velvet to the bottom of the entire skirt, to soften the lower edge and echo the wide, red silk trim on the neckline and sleeve cuffs.
- I still don't have a freeping hat!!! D:
Fully-dressed events pics in just a couple of weeks. :)
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Oh, bobby pins. Well duh! That's an awesome idea. :)
ReplyDeleteRight?? I saw that on Pinterest as a quilting tip, and I thought...no way. But pinning that little bitty bias tape kept pulling it all sideways. This was perfect! :D
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