My first dress is together based on 1st fitting requirements. It's not looking quite the way I want it to right now. The straps and draped piece didn't turn out the way I wanted them too, so in fittings tomorrow I'll have to figure out what I can do to fix it.
Started getting the second dress together today. I have the bodice all together, the straps made and the darts put in the skirt pieces. Tomorrow I should be able to get it all together in the time I have in class.
the end.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Dress #1 is starting to take form :D
I've got a good start on dress #1 for sewing it. I have the main structured bodice together, and the skirt together, and they are now attached. The right side seam is all sewn up and the left is still open because that's the side that I need to put the zipper.
When I had the skirt made but separate from the bodice, I stuck the boning in the right side seam to see if it will make the dome shape I'm looking for, and it looks AWESOME. To make the casing for the boning, the side seam of the skirt had to be a french sea. A french seam is when you sew the fabric together with wrong sides together at 1/4", then flip the garment around that seam to make it right sides together, then sew 1/4"again, this makes a little casing for you to slide the boning into.
Now, here is my dilemma, I have a lapped zipper in my left side seam, and the zipper has to go into the skirt part of the dress because no one would be able to get it on otherwise. Soo it's a matter of figuring out how to make the same seam be a french seam, and still be able to do a lapped zipper :\
Other than the closure, what I have left to do is my facings and my chiffon straps and chiffon draped piece. I am quite excited. I'm probably going to be spending all day Saturday at the sewing lab getting it done and cutting out fabric for my second dress.
woo!
When I had the skirt made but separate from the bodice, I stuck the boning in the right side seam to see if it will make the dome shape I'm looking for, and it looks AWESOME. To make the casing for the boning, the side seam of the skirt had to be a french sea. A french seam is when you sew the fabric together with wrong sides together at 1/4", then flip the garment around that seam to make it right sides together, then sew 1/4"again, this makes a little casing for you to slide the boning into.
Now, here is my dilemma, I have a lapped zipper in my left side seam, and the zipper has to go into the skirt part of the dress because no one would be able to get it on otherwise. Soo it's a matter of figuring out how to make the same seam be a french seam, and still be able to do a lapped zipper :\
Other than the closure, what I have left to do is my facings and my chiffon straps and chiffon draped piece. I am quite excited. I'm probably going to be spending all day Saturday at the sewing lab getting it done and cutting out fabric for my second dress.
woo!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Let's get going!
I started sewing my first dress yesterday! And I am officially done pattern making for all of my dresses now.
Tonight after dinner I think I will go back to the school and continue sewing my first dress. I'm very excited about it, but nervous at the same time.
Last week my class talked to the photographer that will be doing our class magazine. Each of us will have our first outfits in the magazine and it's going to be bundled with Flare magazine. Today we found out we have the funds for a $10 000 distribution with them, which means our magazine will be going national!
We still need money for photographers and catering, but getting our names out there with Flare was a little more important, and we're still hopeful we can get funds for the rest of the stuff we need.
Today I printed off my line sheet for the judges at the show and my line book that will be set out at the show for people to look at. Cost me about $18.
I guess thats all I really have to say right now, I'm sure there will be a post in the near future talking about how sewing went tonight.
Tootles.
Tonight after dinner I think I will go back to the school and continue sewing my first dress. I'm very excited about it, but nervous at the same time.
Last week my class talked to the photographer that will be doing our class magazine. Each of us will have our first outfits in the magazine and it's going to be bundled with Flare magazine. Today we found out we have the funds for a $10 000 distribution with them, which means our magazine will be going national!
We still need money for photographers and catering, but getting our names out there with Flare was a little more important, and we're still hopeful we can get funds for the rest of the stuff we need.
Today I printed off my line sheet for the judges at the show and my line book that will be set out at the show for people to look at. Cost me about $18.
I guess thats all I really have to say right now, I'm sure there will be a post in the near future talking about how sewing went tonight.
Tootles.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
small update
Short post today because I'm really busy....
I now have patterns for 4 out of the 5 dresses done. And tomorrow I am going over to the school to start cutting out the pieces for Prototype#1 and I will begin sewing on the 9th. And on the 8th I will be working on the pattern for the 5th dress.
I did pre-sampling for 3 and 4 and now I'm working on 5. One of my samples was a bridal hem on chiffon, that was not fun, I must say.
Anyway, that's all I have time to say right now. Thanks for reading :)
I now have patterns for 4 out of the 5 dresses done. And tomorrow I am going over to the school to start cutting out the pieces for Prototype#1 and I will begin sewing on the 9th. And on the 8th I will be working on the pattern for the 5th dress.
I did pre-sampling for 3 and 4 and now I'm working on 5. One of my samples was a bridal hem on chiffon, that was not fun, I must say.
Anyway, that's all I have time to say right now. Thanks for reading :)
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