So, when making this dress I only fitted it once, and it seemed okay - a bit tight, but I thought that was typical of the period - but when I tried it on at the end, it is very tight in the back and bust and gapes where the hooks and eyes meet. Stupid of me, I know, but I am a beginner to this particular hobby. I feel like if I sat down, the hooks ( Read more... )

Copied from my original blog - Miss E Morris
Sorry it's been a long time since I last posted - I've been very busy working on one of my first 18th Century costumes, a chemise en robe! I've always admired the summery, dreamy feel of those chemise dresses (so informal and delicate), paired with coloured satin or taffeta sashes and a huge, feathery ( Read more... )

Today I've been doing small things towards finishing this project, and I believe the end is nearly in sight. I've looked at some inspirational images and visualised how I'd like to customise my chemise dress, so we added elastic to the middle of the sleeves to create little puffs of muslin in the middle of the arm.


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My progress has been halted recently due to some puckering in attaching the skirt to the bodice. Sometimes I think it would be easier to sew by hand, but nevermind, I've only got a few more things to do, like attaching a ruffle, hemming it, adding drawstrings, and sorting out some ribbons for the sleeves.
Here's what I've got so far:


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I've been really fatigued today, so only a bit of my dress was done. I'm disappointed because I meant to sew the bodice to the waistband and skirt so that tomorrow I could finish it off for good with the hemming and fastenings, but I couldn't keep my eyes open today ( Read more... )

Today was meant to be the day that I attached the sleeves and perhaps went on to the waistband, but disaster kept striking, so a lot of unpicking was done this day. I was tired and couldn't figure out how to attach the sleeve head to the armholes, even after trying many times and failing, so when I came to sew it - both my grandmother and I ( Read more... )

Today has been rather productive, thankfully! I've completed most of the bodice of my chemise en robe, and rectified some silly mistakes that I made last time I was sewing - namely sewing the shoulder piece to the wrong part of the back bodice panel ( Read more... )

Hi everyone, I've decided recently that although I wanted this place to be an area that everyone can post to, I would like to post regular sewing updates to get this community moving a bit. I've been inspired by the journal of koshka_the_cat, where she posts regular updates on her projects - it makes me feel as though I'm there, watching her progress day by day ( Read more... )

Here are my makes of 2015; hopefully 2016 will be more productive!


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Hi everyone, welcome to Sweet Sewing! Due to a lack of thriving sewing communities on LiveJournal, I thought I might as well make one. I'm very curious as to what everybody is making right now ( Read more... )