Polonaise Update from Looptangle.com
Today, not only do you get to see the beautiful sleeves, but also a new angle on my bathroom! Isn't it exciting? Here I am trying on the first sleeve over my tshirt to see how the crazy pleat works with my elbow. I was kind of disappointed by the mechanism of the sleeve pleat. The raw edges stay on the outside and that's where you put bows or trim to camouflage the fraying. Grr. I pinked them as best I could and whip stitched the edge so that the fabric wouldn't get any ideas that I was encouraging this kind of behavior.
Here we are with the sleeves set in:
This is after I modified the shoulder to come in a full inch. I am really not one for the drop-shoulder look, so I feel a bit better about this. I suppose if I was really insane, the sleeve should come up to where the shoulder dart hits. For now, I'm going to let it slide though. This may be due to the Incredible Shrinking Girl side effects of measuring my back width over a month ago and fitting now. I'm not upset, it's a great problem to have.
I haven't sewed in the ties to bustle the skirt up yet, but I really like how the front points look already:
What does the back look like, you ask? I'm glad you said something!
I added metal trim items! I got the almost-circle thingies at Skycraft in Orlando, and the winged scarab piece is something I ordered for last year's costume off of Ebay. I'm also going to add the patterned gold ribbon to set off the basque tabs from the rest of the dress.
The list of Things Left To Do is getting pretty small!
- Boning in bodice seams
- Stitch-witchery-down the front facings
- Gold ribbon trim
- Hem back
- Bustle ties
- Buttons
- Cover sleeve pleats