Ladder Laced Update... So close now!
Here is the sleeve, all stitched together.
The silk ribbon was pretty much perfect for putting this together. I also went in and made bar tacks over each join at the sleeve openings to make sure everything was super sturdy.
Here is the sleeve pinned into place
Kindly excuse the faintly aggressive bosoms of my dress form. No I'm not shaped like that, I still need to make the cover for her which squishes her down to my size.
Here is the rough placement of the sleeve tabs
Same thing, just looks nicer from this angle
** A rough approximation of the finished look**
The ribbons are just pinned there for the time being, once complete there will be small matching loops between each tab on the shoulder and a corresponding one on the sleeve. The points will be attached by means of lush gold silk ribbon bows. The tabs will also be gold-worked in lines to match the sleeve and bodice.
The aforementioned lush silk ribbon I bought for the bows and center front lacing.
Yet to be completed:
Gold-work on tabs
attach tabs to dress
attach eyelet loops to sleeve and shoulder strap (these will be buttonhole stitched bar tack style loops)
All posts regarding this project are listed here on the initial post.
The silk ribbon was pretty much perfect for putting this together. I also went in and made bar tacks over each join at the sleeve openings to make sure everything was super sturdy.
Here is the sleeve pinned into place
Kindly excuse the faintly aggressive bosoms of my dress form. No I'm not shaped like that, I still need to make the cover for her which squishes her down to my size.
Here is the rough placement of the sleeve tabs
Same thing, just looks nicer from this angle
** A rough approximation of the finished look**
The ribbons are just pinned there for the time being, once complete there will be small matching loops between each tab on the shoulder and a corresponding one on the sleeve. The points will be attached by means of lush gold silk ribbon bows. The tabs will also be gold-worked in lines to match the sleeve and bodice.
The aforementioned lush silk ribbon I bought for the bows and center front lacing.
Yet to be completed:
Gold-work on tabs
attach tabs to dress
attach eyelet loops to sleeve and shoulder strap (these will be buttonhole stitched bar tack style loops)
All posts regarding this project are listed here on the initial post.