Best way to actually get pictures of something I make is to finish it last minute for a challenge. The challenge ended today and I finished the dress late last night!
You can see the original post about this challenge >>Here<<
Original dress was from a picture from the late 40's, based mine off a pattern from a German magazine from 1943. Navy mid-weight rayon crepe
<<The dress is darker than the pictures show
Progress Shots ::
| Muslin Stage | Pocket Embroidery | Welt pocket #1 |
It seemed to take ages from conceptualizing to finishing this project! In the end, the sewing portion was quite quick. Once I had the pattern figured out and placed on the fabric I decided that I was too close for comfort and ordered more fabric. Took 3 weeks for it to come! FashionFabricClub - disappointed! And then I was talking to someone with an embroidery machine about the stitching around the pockets for a few weeks. In the end, mostly because of time and stress about someone else doing it (and I only had 3 days left), I did it myself with free-hand embroidery, first time! Then I put in the welt pockets (functional!), putting in welt pockets is so much more stressful than buttonholes! Cutting the middle of a piece of fabric after all the free-hand work, yikes. Whatever. In the end, it all worked out! I'm super pleased with how it turned out and it will be a super wearable dress next fall!
I don't know why exactly, I was just going off a picture, but I felt so close to my grandmother while working on this project. I wish she could see it, I know she would love it!
