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Sewing night was an absolute blast night. It waxed philosophical in all the right, wine-induced (on my part, anyway,) ways. One of the best at-home evenings I have spent in a very long time.
I got the first round of pics from the shoot this morning. I'm really happy with the neckline on the new olive-brown dress. In fact, despite it's plainness, I am darn well pleased with that piece overall.* Sadly, though, I'm not happy with the pale teal gown. Oh, I'm perfectly OK with the construction (I have to tweak the lower sleeves where the seam shows more than I would like, but that's not a huge deal,) but it simply isn't flattering on me. The gown is the same pattern as the pumpkin velveteen one, which is, so I have three theories why this one doesn't look as good:
1) Height of the brustfleck. I have been on a tear lately about more modest necklines, and I may have over-compensated and made this one a little too high. I could try placing it an inch lower, and see if that helps.
2) Thickness of the fabric. I made this dress out of fulled, coat-weight wool because it really is intended to be a heavy, wear-at-night, as-god-as-my-witness-I-will-never-be-cold-again type of gown. It looks bulky because it is. And the collar isn't behaving as I would like. I will either have someone help me fuss with it and see if I can't modify it to lie properly, or I will end up making a new, low-necked bodice out of the existing one (I have no scrap left of the pale teal, but I do have more than a yard of the guarding fabric left, so that should be do-able. Though if I do that, I shouldn't take the brustfleck down. Drat. I hate it when there are mutually exclusive options and I'm not sure which to do. I think I'll drag the dress to practice tonight as ask other folks what they think.)
3) Big sleeves. The sleeves make my arms look big, and there's no way around that with the style and fabric. Unless my arms are up, you cannot see my waist at all. And it's the waist, not the bustline, that makes a dress work on my figure type. (I'm not complaining, it just a fact that bustier women look hawt in the Saxon gowns, and I am not of the bustier type.)
Okay, enough rambling, I really need to buckle down and go get started on those smaller projects today, or I won't have *anything* done by Crown.
* I am using the same bodice pattern for the green/gold remake, so I'm optimistic about the eventual result. I'm dithering about sleeves, of course, but what else is new?
I got the first round of pics from the shoot this morning. I'm really happy with the neckline on the new olive-brown dress. In fact, despite it's plainness, I am darn well pleased with that piece overall.* Sadly, though, I'm not happy with the pale teal gown. Oh, I'm perfectly OK with the construction (I have to tweak the lower sleeves where the seam shows more than I would like, but that's not a huge deal,) but it simply isn't flattering on me. The gown is the same pattern as the pumpkin velveteen one, which is, so I have three theories why this one doesn't look as good:
1) Height of the brustfleck. I have been on a tear lately about more modest necklines, and I may have over-compensated and made this one a little too high. I could try placing it an inch lower, and see if that helps.
2) Thickness of the fabric. I made this dress out of fulled, coat-weight wool because it really is intended to be a heavy, wear-at-night, as-god-as-my-witness-I-will-never-be-cold-again type of gown. It looks bulky because it is. And the collar isn't behaving as I would like. I will either have someone help me fuss with it and see if I can't modify it to lie properly, or I will end up making a new, low-necked bodice out of the existing one (I have no scrap left of the pale teal, but I do have more than a yard of the guarding fabric left, so that should be do-able. Though if I do that, I shouldn't take the brustfleck down. Drat. I hate it when there are mutually exclusive options and I'm not sure which to do. I think I'll drag the dress to practice tonight as ask other folks what they think.)
3) Big sleeves. The sleeves make my arms look big, and there's no way around that with the style and fabric. Unless my arms are up, you cannot see my waist at all. And it's the waist, not the bustline, that makes a dress work on my figure type. (I'm not complaining, it just a fact that bustier women look hawt in the Saxon gowns, and I am not of the bustier type.)
Okay, enough rambling, I really need to buckle down and go get started on those smaller projects today, or I won't have *anything* done by Crown.
* I am using the same bodice pattern for the green/gold remake, so I'm optimistic about the eventual result. I'm dithering about sleeves, of course, but what else is new?