2-2019

  • A summer combination !

    Remember to share your thoughts below. Combined the No. 2-2019 Dress with a unfinished blouse I’m working on, just to see how it looks – and I like it! What do you think? It’s really…

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  • A belted back

    Remember to share your thoughts below. With the belt, all the fabric in the back seems more controlled. And the full lower part together with the more wasp-like waist really reminds me of a 1950’s…

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  • A self-fabric belt

    Remember to share your thoughts below. A belt! Made it of the same fabric as the dress itself, cut on bias for elasticity. Gives a more hourglass-like figure. Adjustable of course – just tie it…

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  • A draped back

    Remember to share your thoughts below. So here’s the back of the No. 2-2019 Summer Silk Dress! A lot of ease and movement and almost no restrictions. My choise of stripe-matching can also clearly be…

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  • The secret

    Remember to share your thoughts below. Here’s the secret closure! The self-fabric strip holds the dress securely together, but at the same time allows movement and adjustability. I like that. Functionality. Back to the Work…

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  • Design No. 2 ready !

    Remember to share your thoughts below. There! Wrap Dress #2-2019 finally finished! Yes! Loose ‘n’ free for summer – made in silk. With a hook at the top to keep it together, and a hidden…

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  • Setting sleeves

    Remember to share your thoughts below. Having cut the sleeves on bias – diagonal thread direction – gives them a much softer look and feel, and also gives me a richer opportunity to manipulate them…

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  • A yoke is no joke

    Remember to share your thoughts below. Here’s the upper back part of the dress – the yoke. And the very visible seam in the middle, at center back. As you can see, I have matched…

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  • Cutting the dress

    Remember to share your thoughts below. Cutting a fabric with stripes or plaids can always be a bit tricky, especially if the pattern isn’t “mirrored”, but instead transported to one side, left or right. A…

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  • Pattern-making update

    Remember to share your thoughts below. Re-made the drape from earlier on with a little bit of pattern-making, to remove some of the width at the hem. I made a yoke and some shirring up…

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