Railway Cars and MadMen.
Yesterday I managed to make it out to Santa Rosa for the 3rd annual Hand Car Regatta. It was VERY not 99 Degrees? But also insanely fun. (http://handcar-regatta.com/) Sadly I did not have my camera with me, So no pictures :( One of my friends was working a booth, and another was actually in the race with his uncle. I think their car was the Cyclone Speeder?
I was good and only bought one thing, the world tiniest hat! It's mounted onto a fancy hairpin.
I'v made a little progress on the Army Girl dress, mainly the massive amount of piping.
I also started working on my dress for the GBACG MadMen Event: http://www.gbacg.org/current/mad-men-cocktails.html I'm using the same pattern as the army girl dress, but with a pencil skirt instead of a flared one.
This is the fabric I am using for the dress. It is a stretch cotton sateen. I had Just enough fabric for this dress!!!
And how it looks pinned on:
It needs a little help. Somehow, the dress has ended up being a good 2 inches too large across the front between the under bust and the high hip. I can only assume the fabric stretched out while sewing, because the mock-up fit fine. I have it pinned out to the sides for now, but I plan to ask my teacher about it before I start cutting it up. Their are also a few minor tweaks to the bodice, but nothing as serious as the bizarre phantom belly of the skirt/waistband area...
I was good and only bought one thing, the world tiniest hat! It's mounted onto a fancy hairpin.
I'v made a little progress on the Army Girl dress, mainly the massive amount of piping.
I also started working on my dress for the GBACG MadMen Event: http://www.gbacg.org/current/mad-men-cocktails.html I'm using the same pattern as the army girl dress, but with a pencil skirt instead of a flared one.
This is the fabric I am using for the dress. It is a stretch cotton sateen. I had Just enough fabric for this dress!!!
And how it looks pinned on:
It needs a little help. Somehow, the dress has ended up being a good 2 inches too large across the front between the under bust and the high hip. I can only assume the fabric stretched out while sewing, because the mock-up fit fine. I have it pinned out to the sides for now, but I plan to ask my teacher about it before I start cutting it up. Their are also a few minor tweaks to the bodice, but nothing as serious as the bizarre phantom belly of the skirt/waistband area...