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 a splash of color right there! Since the No. 1-2019 slot became available here earlier on, I decided to use…
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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 look here. It’s interesting how small adjustments can give a compleatly new look with just the same garment. Right? Back…
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 as you like it. Back to the Work Room. Let’s see the back!
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 seen. Do you like it? Let me know. Back to the Work Room. I think I’ll try to make a…
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 Room. I think I will add a belt to the dress tomorrow… Just to get some additional looks… See you…
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 tie-band (self-fabric ribbon) underneath at the side to keep the dress closed and secure. Back to the Work Room. You…
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 into a good match with the rest of the dress’ overall pattern. Allthough not easy, I always find it interesting…
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 the stripes at this seam by flipping the left side to its reversed side of the fabric, and by doing…
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 nice little trick, if possible, is to flip the fabric over at selected extra visible areas. Here I choosed to…
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 against it with a cut from above down to the bust point. I also “renamed” this new design No. 2-2019…