Back to the drawing board
I've had a rather productive weekend. Maybe it has actually helped to come down with a head cold; it gave me an excuse not to go out to all the things I was supposed to (lunch with friends, chaperon prom, etc.) in order to stay in and sew. I even managed to direct my brother over the phone as to which fabrics I needed out of my stash, which is up at my mom's office. Yay Nathan!
Anyway, all of my lovely blue fabric has been prewashed, and I am currently in mock up land. I decided to make a natural form dress for the upcoming Bustles and Baseball event with the GBACG. I knew I wouldn't have time to make a bustle and everything, so I'm opting for natural form, which means I don't have any underwear I need to make. Yipee! I'm using Truly Victorian patterns for the skirt and overskirt, but I'm trying to make a bodice from Fashions of the Gilded Age (page 223, if anyone cares to see). The bodice is actually a blouse with a sort of corselet (which the pattern calls "the bodice") over top. I've managed to get the bodice fitted without much ado; I need to add just a tad to every seam, but take in the side front seam below the waist. It's the blouse that is giving me fits. I suppose it's because the blouse is just three pieces, which is just plain tough to fit on a figure like mine. Granted, it doesn't need to be tight, but I also want it to button without gaps, which is the issue I'm having right now. I think I may have solved the problem by adding to the center front and then taking darts at the side front at neckline, which I will then pattern out. I'll definitely need to do at least one more mock up, though, to make sure I've got it right.
Luckily, K has a meeting tomorrow night, so I should be able to get that last mock up done tomorrow evening. (I'm out of steam for today.) If that one works, I should also have time to start preparing the fabric--pleats for the blouse and embroidery for the bodice.
Anyway, all of my lovely blue fabric has been prewashed, and I am currently in mock up land. I decided to make a natural form dress for the upcoming Bustles and Baseball event with the GBACG. I knew I wouldn't have time to make a bustle and everything, so I'm opting for natural form, which means I don't have any underwear I need to make. Yipee! I'm using Truly Victorian patterns for the skirt and overskirt, but I'm trying to make a bodice from Fashions of the Gilded Age (page 223, if anyone cares to see). The bodice is actually a blouse with a sort of corselet (which the pattern calls "the bodice") over top. I've managed to get the bodice fitted without much ado; I need to add just a tad to every seam, but take in the side front seam below the waist. It's the blouse that is giving me fits. I suppose it's because the blouse is just three pieces, which is just plain tough to fit on a figure like mine. Granted, it doesn't need to be tight, but I also want it to button without gaps, which is the issue I'm having right now. I think I may have solved the problem by adding to the center front and then taking darts at the side front at neckline, which I will then pattern out. I'll definitely need to do at least one more mock up, though, to make sure I've got it right.
Luckily, K has a meeting tomorrow night, so I should be able to get that last mock up done tomorrow evening. (I'm out of steam for today.) If that one works, I should also have time to start preparing the fabric--pleats for the blouse and embroidery for the bodice.