January 2019 Projects
This month I have been mostly working on my other project. I have also been working at my job and researching button bouquets for a friend who wants something more unusual for her wedding. I have managed to do a bit of making though.
I need a few more things for work, at least one of the tops I made last year is too big for me now so I need to make a effort to fit more sewing in. I decided to use a pattern I had already drawn so I could just cut out and put together without loads of fittings. I got out a piece of black cotton I had bought in Loros for £2, it was just big enough. As I thought it went together easily but I had to redo where the front panel meets the yoke as it didn't hang well, unpicking black thread on black fabric it not easy.
Black top front Black top back
This month me and mum went to the sale at the local furnishing fabric shop. I bought a mixed bag that turned out to be a bit disappointing, a lovely piece of embroidered geometric fabric that will make a great accent to something. I also picked up some embroidered sheer fabric that I thought would be perfect for an occasion dress.
Sale fabrics
I was thinking about the occasion dress, I wanted to have a contrast fabric underneath that would show being longer than the sheer layer. I rummaged through my fabrics and got out the purple I picked up in a charity shop last year, it's a 4 meters long, so plenty to play with and only cost £3. I looked through my patterns and looked online and wasn't really inspired by anything, nothing matched what I have in my head. I had it in the back of my mind for ages until I realised the pattern I had altered for the green Christmas top would actually be perfect for the under-dress. I had a look at the pattern and as the skirt front and back are just single pieces I knew I would have to redraw the skirt to give it more flare. I wanted something about knee length with enough fabric in the skirt to swish nicely. I knew that the bodice section fits well so I took the lower front and back pieces that I had drawn and decided to made them each into 2 sections, which would make a 6 panelled skirt. I started on the front panel, I traced one side onto tracing paper using the dart as my stopping point, I traced down one side of the dart and drew a straight line down from its point. I added 9 inches to the bottom for the length and added 2 inches to each side at the hem end and tapered back. I did the same with the other side of the front but as that was to be cut on the fold I left the fold side straight. I did the same with the back panel and now have a pattern that I think will work well. I had wanted to make the dress last weekend but I realised I hadn't washed the fabric so I did that and ran out of time
Occasion dress fabrics Original front dress panel Redrawn front panel pieces.
Hopefully in February I will at least make the under-dress and settle on a pattern for the sheer one. I really need to get on with my other project though, I am no where near as far on as I need to be with that. I also want to make a long sleeved top, possibly with some lovely patterned jersey I got online.
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