New dress in the making
Jul. 11th, 2009 02:26 pmI'm taking a break from sewing a late 13th/early 14th tunic for Rickard and is currently making a 50s style shirtwaist dress. In one of the loudest patterned fabrics made in the 50s (of course nothing compared to the 70s, but for eeh 50s it's pretty loud); probably intended for kitchen curtains or something.
What remains to do is a collar, binding the sleeve holes (it's sleeveless) with bias tape, hemming the skirt and buttons and buttonholes. It actually opens in the side with a hidden zipper, but it will have functional buttons on the bodice. It sounds like most of the work is left, but since I drafted a new pattern for this and it took some fiddling to get it right I feel that there are only small things left.
What remains to do is a collar, binding the sleeve holes (it's sleeveless) with bias tape, hemming the skirt and buttons and buttonholes. It actually opens in the side with a hidden zipper, but it will have functional buttons on the bodice. It sounds like most of the work is left, but since I drafted a new pattern for this and it took some fiddling to get it right I feel that there are only small things left.