Monday, August 6, 2012

Monday Progress Update: August 6th

I got a TON done this week!


First off, the all-important wedding dress:


It's finished!  Well, as finished as I can get it without another fitting.  I leave on Thursday to go home, and we'll have a final fitting before I set the zipper, wait for the shipment of trim to come in for the plum sections and then another fitting to mark the hem.


The Lake Dress:



I sewed up the bodice and did some tacking of decoration on the front.  It still needs a lot more (what I lovingly called "sequin and rhinestone vomit") so I'll be getting to that.



I also made up the wisk!  I'm very excited it turned out as well as it did.  It's my first wisk!  I followed these instructions from Farthingales:  http://farthingalescorsetmakingsupplies.com/classes.php?article=10  It was so much easier than I thought, even if it was time consuming!











I started the decorations on the skirt too!  These are 2" strips I cut from a blue lace, then gathered on my sewing machine and pinned into place.  Then I used the machine to sew it down.  I realized last night that all the loops are going the same way, so I'm going to have to cut the ones on one side to make them symmetrical.  *sigh*  I know it's a little thing, but it's something that will bug me.  I'm dying a sequined trim to put in the middle of the ruffles.  It'll be tacked down by hand.



3 comments:

  1. ooooh, so lovely - what is this concept from? I love! Also, I wondered what the layers are in the skirt - such pretty shiny. Did you dye the blue? Anyway, so great! When's it to be worn, at Worldcon? I decided I couldn't afford Dragon Con this year, so I've started some ideas for CC!

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  2. ahhhh, I read farther down and see the sketch - is it part of a group? OMG so lovely!

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  3. ooooh, so lovely - what is this concept from? I love! Also, I wondered what the layers are in the skirt - such pretty shiny. Did you dye the blue? Anyway, so great! When's it to be worn, at Worldcon? I decided I couldn't afford Dragon Con this year, so I've started some ideas for CC!

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