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help with work dress
Jan. 13th, 2009 10:56 pmokey dokey, i need some advice from my costuming peeps, the only people who understand me :)
i'm working on the dress for 'gwendolen', my concept is she's the sophisticated rich girl, and her dress is a peachy coloured satin (an old '80s ball gown, ick!) with lace and frills all over!
i did a design, which i meant to scan and totally forgot, useless me :) anyway, my problem is deciding what to do with the sleeves and bodice.
i have 2 little girl's dresses, bridesmaids i think, in a PERFECTLY matching peach and cream striped satin, but there's not quite as much fabric as i was hoping, so i can't make the sleeves AND bodice from it, so i have another plan :) (cunning or not, we've yet to decide, any black adder fans out there?!?) anyway, there are pictures this way, ( you know what to do! )
so, pleasetell me what i'm doing is ok! i was hoping i'd get this dress done, or at least, very nearly, this week, we're going to scotland next week, and i don't want my boss to worry, if she sees how fast i do this dress, she won't worry about the others, i hope!
in my sewing, i did cut out mummy's bodice today, and it's pinned ready to sew, so some progress at least has been made! i think i might work on my regency drop front though next week, i can do it all by hand, whereas mummy's ballgown will need more machine sewing. or i might make her red flannel petticoat, i can do that by hand without going mad :)
i'm working on the dress for 'gwendolen', my concept is she's the sophisticated rich girl, and her dress is a peachy coloured satin (an old '80s ball gown, ick!) with lace and frills all over!
i did a design, which i meant to scan and totally forgot, useless me :) anyway, my problem is deciding what to do with the sleeves and bodice.
i have 2 little girl's dresses, bridesmaids i think, in a PERFECTLY matching peach and cream striped satin, but there's not quite as much fabric as i was hoping, so i can't make the sleeves AND bodice from it, so i have another plan :) (cunning or not, we've yet to decide, any black adder fans out there?!?) anyway, there are pictures this way, ( you know what to do! )
so, pleasetell me what i'm doing is ok! i was hoping i'd get this dress done, or at least, very nearly, this week, we're going to scotland next week, and i don't want my boss to worry, if she sees how fast i do this dress, she won't worry about the others, i hope!
in my sewing, i did cut out mummy's bodice today, and it's pinned ready to sew, so some progress at least has been made! i think i might work on my regency drop front though next week, i can do it all by hand, whereas mummy's ballgown will need more machine sewing. or i might make her red flannel petticoat, i can do that by hand without going mad :)
