photos at last!

[mlsdesigns]

we went to see sex and the city this morning, it was great! just like an entire series in one go, but better i think :) then our friend came over again to finish putting up the blinds, so i didn't get to have a fitting till late in the afternoon, but clare was super helpful, and we got all 3 done! and we took lots of pictures!!! so, you know what to do!!
hello little spider :)
first we did the print jacket, and silly me i forgot to take a pic with the green linen, it's a dark foresty green, and goes beautifuly.

the reason the shoulders look odd is because i tried it on with the sleeves only pinned in, and the shoulder strap doesn't have the print layer yet.


the print jacket now just needs eyelets, (which i will do on holiday probably) and a skirt and stomacher, which i will do tomorrow, and i won't do by hand i don't think, i need to get a move on!!
next up, the pet en l'air, i really didn't like the first go, i had too much fabric in the 'skirt' i think. also, this stomacher is from the print jacket,



unfortunately the photos came out a bit foreshortened, i don't think i looked that fat in real life :) any way, this is the fabric i'm using, it's a much nicer colour in person too, much more minty.

please excuse the goofy expression :p
then, my zone front gown for, hopefully, the gala.

i think i need to lower the point, but then again, the pic is a bit off.


it looks the most boring at the moment :) but, when it's made up in this...

i think it might look a bit more exciting, i hope so any way! i'm going to use the same butterfly lace from the 1860s ball gown to trim the neck and make sleeve ruffles, and trim the bodice in pink ruffles and pink covered buttons, what do you think? when i've made the bare bones of the bodice i'll post ideas, to get some more input, that's what we're all here for of course :p

so, i guess i better go to bed now, and i'll try really really hard to start sewing IN THE MORNING!!!

Comments

[chloeandrudy.livejournal.com]

Very pretty. I like the printed fabric. I hope to start mine like this after Costume College.
It looks like there was supposed to be more pictures than the one???

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

thank you!! why is it the only time i don't check a new post is the time when something goes very very wrong?!

[chloeandrudy.livejournal.com]

Much better!
Question: I've heard the term zone front before. What does it refer to exactly, and what year?

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

the zone front is, i think, just a trimming style. the bodice is made up of a solid pink 'under bodice' and a striped over bodice, following the curved line. then there will be a solid pink underskirt and a striped over skirt coming from the striped bodice, at the side seam.

[my-stitching.livejournal.com]

This is an example of a zone front, but I like it better when the center bodice and the bust/shoulder pieces are different fabrics.

http://www.costumersguide.com/sleepy/bw1.jpg

[my-stitching.livejournal.com]

It looks like everything is coming right along! I can't wait to see the finished products. :)

[chloeandrudy.livejournal.com]

Ahh, so it's when it's split, or contrasting fabric? The photo was helpful. Thanks.

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

it is! i'm working much better today :) the green skirt is nearly finished and i'm making the stomacher.
thank you so much again for the fabrics, i can't believe how perfect they are!!

[librarianofdoom.livejournal.com]

I love that printed fabric! It looks like the fitting is coming along quite well.

[tailordrews.livejournal.com]

You really are buisy arent you, i am quite ashamed how lazy i am compered to you.
That green oh my goodnes, i would kill to get my hands into that.
Looks wonderfull with your models!

Bjarne

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

Wow! You've been busy. It all looks great.

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

so do i! i can't believe my luck, i found it in the wardrobe at work, it was a curtain :)

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

very busy, but i'm off work for the week because the children half a half term holiday, so i have all day to work on them.
if you like the green on screen just think how lovely it must be in real life :) i got it in new york last year, it was $10 a yard!!!!!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

thank you! i have to make the most of my week off, the rest of this term is my busiest, and i have so much to do still!

[jennil.livejournal.com]

Ooh, so exciting! It's all looking great! :)