The dress is coming along, but I should've made a muslin. ;-)
1. The bodice is too wide across my shoulders.
2. My slicing and dicing to copy the inspiration isn't lining up the way I planned — for two reasons. First, I realized too late that the inspiration has a higher back yoke than what I drew, and second, where I had planned for the upper front and back to meet at the sideseams doesn't. Oops.
Problem #1 I can fix with blunt force by making a CB seam through the neckband and bodice, tapering to nothing by the skirt section. It will be a PITA to rip and restitch, but it can be done. And while the CB seam wouldn't have to exist if I made a muslin, I can live with it. Especially since I'll never see it while I'm wearing it!
Problem #2 I can't really fix mostly because I'm out of this fabric. Since it's a sideseam, it's not going to be glaringly obvious. I'm also thinking I can do some "creative" topstitching to make it look like it's a design element. We'll see on that one. I'm still thinking about it.
So overall this will be a wearable muslin. Very wearable, just not as near-perfect as I had hoped for. But it's not like I'm going to be meeting the Queen in this dress or pointing out any errors in real life, so I'm fine with it. I'm sure no one (besides all of you out there in blogdom) will even notice the fixes and after a week or two in the Magic Wardrobe, they probably won't even bother me anymore.
But if I make it again, I definitely know what NOT to do. ;-)
..."in the Magic Wardrobe".... I want one of them too :)
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The dress looks great! After all that topstitching I know you'll work out the fit, get to ripping:)
ReplyDeleteI love your work!
Oooh, it's looking good, very good. I am sure we won't even notice anything out of line or you could even do some of your fabulous topstitching to cover up. The fabric looks nice too.
ReplyDeleteYou're making me want a dress like this. I have a feeling it's going to be a lot better than all the mistakes you point out would suggest.
ReplyDeleteI love that you can fix it with "Blunt Force"! And I want a "Magic Wardrobe" too!
ReplyDeleteIf we only hand hind-sight! I'm sure you can wave that magic needle over the dress and correct and/or redesign and it will be totally cute!
ReplyDeleteSo far it looks just like the pic. I hate it when things don't always work out, lucky you have the skills to sort it out.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I can see it looks great. I'll be too busy looking at all that gorgeous topstitching and red buttons to notice any so called "issues".
ReplyDeleteGasp! Debbie Cook not making a muslin? I never thought I'd live to see it. But you'll find a way to remedy any problems. What I see looks good so far, and I bet it'll fit as good as RTW.
ReplyDeleteIt's just an abfab muslin...in denim. It looks wonderful from here. I know it's a lot to ask, but when you're done, would you mind posting (at least in a short narrative form) what changes you made to the pattern--or at least mention the seams you added. I don't see all the wonderful details in the photos (perhaps I need to look on a BIGGER monitor :-))
ReplyDeleteI love the dress, or at least what I can see of it!
ReplyDeleteI tissue fit and only use muslins for very expensive fabric or if I am unsure about a style.
It took me a while to figure out how to read things like shoulder width etc. I have been doing it since long before FFRP came out. Threads had several articles over the years on how to do it which I used.
The jacket I am making now was only tissue fit and the fit is perfect without any extra changes.
It's cute and I can't wait to see it
ReplyDeleteLove this look with the red, white and blue - you do a nice job topstitching! Anxious to see it on you now.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE YOU! No, I'm not some creep lurking your website. I'm a plus sized petite who never knew someone like me could sew clothes to fit. THANK YOU, thank you, thank you. I'm going to study every page you've posted.
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