April 24, 2008...1:51 pm
Quick Update
This is just a quick update on Hettie’s Bridesmaid’s dress, before I run to catch a coach down to Kent for the weekend… Because this is written in haste, I haven’t really tweaked the overdress on the dummy so that it hangs right, but here it is:
At the moment, the finished skirt is only pinned to the sash facing (which you can’t see) which is thin cotton and interfacing. The bodice shoulder and side seams have been sewn as hairline seams. I realised that one layer of fabric in the bodice was probably going to be too sheer, so I’ve made two bodices out of the same fabric -one will be the lining- and at the moment they are pinned together inside each other at the neck edge. The dress doesn’t have a sash yet- the bumpy fabric round the middle is the hefty seam allowance I’ve left on the bodice for adjustments…
Another view:
The fabric for the underslip has arrived from Farmhouse Fabrics, all tied up with a ribbon!
So, discerning readers, here are the burning issues which I’ll be mulling over while I’m away. Your artistic input, is, as ever, much appreciated in the comments!
1. How to finish the neck and armhole edges? Satin bias binding? And if so, what colour?
2. The sash, what colour and what fabric? Perhaps to match the neck and armhole binding?
1 Comment
April 28, 2008 at 8:54 am
If you’ve got enough, I’d seriously consider using the dress fabric. A tiny binding in that lovely pale pink would be subtle and gorgeous, and don’t forget to gently ease the neckline onto the bias binding, so it sits snugly against Hettie.
Of course, that makes it harder to use satin for the sash, as it would be the only satin on the dress. Hmmm - my grandmother’s wedding dress had a sash that was lace bordered with silk similar to Hettie’s dress; the lace was used elsewhere in the dress too. She got married in the 1920s, so the dress was a similar style to Hettie’s. Maybe also add some lace peeking out from the neck, on the underslip?
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