two steps forward, one step back
I got the bodice assembled and tried it on. The front looks nice with the CF gathered panel but I haaated the poofy gathered back...so I took it off and ripped it apart. I re-cut a fitted back (thank god I have 10 yards of this fabric) and RE assembled. It really helped having a zoom with sewing friends to actually KEEP me in the sewing room working. After dinner I made piping and pinned that all around the neckline and bodice hem and a strip of bias up the CF on the side I'm not finishing by folding over. I also painstakingly re-threaded all 14 rows of hand gathering now that I know how much they need to be gathered and tied them all off so they wouldn't pop and escape on me. My gathering could DEFINITELY be neater but, eh, shoot me.
Here's my basic schedule:
Tuesday (tomorrow) is going to be a ROUGH day as I'll have been working for 12 hours with a break at 11 to go watch Granny's funeral livestream...so I'm not counting on me doing anything productive. I'm going to tell myself I have to baste the sleeves to the lining and that's it.
Wednesday is another work day. My goal is just to sew the piping and the bias down on the bodice.
Thursday: Sleeves, bodice closure, whip down the piping/facing
Friday: Skirt
Saturday morning: anything I forgot/ran out of time for...
Here's my basic schedule:
Tuesday (tomorrow) is going to be a ROUGH day as I'll have been working for 12 hours with a break at 11 to go watch Granny's funeral livestream...so I'm not counting on me doing anything productive. I'm going to tell myself I have to baste the sleeves to the lining and that's it.
Wednesday is another work day. My goal is just to sew the piping and the bias down on the bodice.
Thursday: Sleeves, bodice closure, whip down the piping/facing
Friday: Skirt
Saturday morning: anything I forgot/ran out of time for...