Daywear done
I finished the skirt on Tuesday (I decided on eight buttons going down the top half of the front left seam of the skirt), and added the hooks and eyes to the velvet ribbon belt today, which means I'm officially done with the teens daywear look! At least on the outside. If I have time, I plan to make a corset cover for it, too, and I need to do a quick petticoat for it, since I don't think I have any whose shape will work under such a fitted skirt.
I've also started on the bodice for the evening gown. For lack of other patterns, I'm using the Janet Arnold Maude bodice as my base, and elaborating from there. Mockup #1 needed a surprising amount of fiddling (mostly, waaay too big in the bust/upper back, and way too low in the back). But I've repatterned the three side and back pieces, so hopefully this one will work. I'll find out tomorrow when I put it back together. I'm going to be making the fitted lining part of the bodice out of a heavy cotton (I think Joanns called it a bottomweight, but I really don't know what that means.) I'm still debating at this point whether I want to take the sari fabric and do the sort of ruched or pleated look that the pattern calls for, or to make it more fitted. I'm leaning towards the first option, so I don't have to mess with the sari border. I also bought some prom dress-style gold taffeta for the under layer of the skirt. I still need to go out and buy a darker gold chiffon, but otherwise I think I have all my fabrics. Luckily, I won't need that one until I get to the sash, since next week is tech week for Pirates, and I will probably have no time. It's also my birthday next Thursday! Which I will be celebrating by working, having our final dress rehearsal, and going to the midnight premiere of Hunger Games. :)
I've also started on the bodice for the evening gown. For lack of other patterns, I'm using the Janet Arnold Maude bodice as my base, and elaborating from there. Mockup #1 needed a surprising amount of fiddling (mostly, waaay too big in the bust/upper back, and way too low in the back). But I've repatterned the three side and back pieces, so hopefully this one will work. I'll find out tomorrow when I put it back together. I'm going to be making the fitted lining part of the bodice out of a heavy cotton (I think Joanns called it a bottomweight, but I really don't know what that means.) I'm still debating at this point whether I want to take the sari fabric and do the sort of ruched or pleated look that the pattern calls for, or to make it more fitted. I'm leaning towards the first option, so I don't have to mess with the sari border. I also bought some prom dress-style gold taffeta for the under layer of the skirt. I still need to go out and buy a darker gold chiffon, but otherwise I think I have all my fabrics. Luckily, I won't need that one until I get to the sash, since next week is tech week for Pirates, and I will probably have no time. It's also my birthday next Thursday! Which I will be celebrating by working, having our final dress rehearsal, and going to the midnight premiere of Hunger Games. :)