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…
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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 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…
2019’s first drape!
Remember to share your thoughts below. Finally ready with 2019’s first drape! It’s made in muslin – a light plain cotton fabric – since I hadn’t fully decided on shape and fabric yet. Gives me freedom to play around and experiment a bit more. Great if you’re starting from scratch! I went for a wider…
Design No. 1-2019 !
Remember to share your thoughts below. So let’s do this! My Jubelee Mini Collection process starts right here! Let’s call it Gold Standard. The collection, that is. 😁 Made this sneaky little start already today New Year’s Eve, by draping this dress. Will it be a wrap dress? Let’s see tomorrow. Do you drape your…