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Friday, 22 October 2004 01:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
taimatsuOh God.
Okay, I have done a lot of sewing. The main body of the dress is DONE - bodice top, with hand-affixed invisible hook and eye fastenings, and a wrap skirt that attaches at waist on one side, shoulder on the other, is fixed in the middle of the back and has a fold sewn in to make it hang properly. So far, so good. Just the buttons and loops at the attachment points required to make it a wearable summer dress.
Sleeves, however - Not Happening. Oh so not happening. I began one, and it nearly worked, but without a pattern I cannot get the head of the sleeve (the top curve) to fit right at the armhole. Even with three pieces of under-arm gusset it's not working right, and I can't face fighting it for another hour only to have it rip apart sometime tomorrow night when I try stretching, or hitting something. I am going to do a little online hunting to see what instructions or advice I can come up with, but I have a feeling it's just not going to work out. Perhaps if I measure the armhole and mess around with the remainder of the fabric...
As for the leggings - don't make me laugh. I might produce a skinnier pair of wrap pants to wear under this, but I doubt it will happen.
But the dress itself looks really good, just how I wanted it :) I could just wear it and be cold...
Okay, I have done a lot of sewing. The main body of the dress is DONE - bodice top, with hand-affixed invisible hook and eye fastenings, and a wrap skirt that attaches at waist on one side, shoulder on the other, is fixed in the middle of the back and has a fold sewn in to make it hang properly. So far, so good. Just the buttons and loops at the attachment points required to make it a wearable summer dress.
Sleeves, however - Not Happening. Oh so not happening. I began one, and it nearly worked, but without a pattern I cannot get the head of the sleeve (the top curve) to fit right at the armhole. Even with three pieces of under-arm gusset it's not working right, and I can't face fighting it for another hour only to have it rip apart sometime tomorrow night when I try stretching, or hitting something. I am going to do a little online hunting to see what instructions or advice I can come up with, but I have a feeling it's just not going to work out. Perhaps if I measure the armhole and mess around with the remainder of the fabric...
As for the leggings - don't make me laugh. I might produce a skinnier pair of wrap pants to wear under this, but I doubt it will happen.
But the dress itself looks really good, just how I wanted it :) I could just wear it and be cold...
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Date: Friday, 22 October 2004 07:29 am (UTC)Can't think hwo to draw it at the moment but Lucy if you want me to scetch some sleeve patterns out for you and send them to you for in future I can.
We've got several books with them in and if I can manage to make a sleeve pattern from directions esther gave me once in a letter I am sure you can.