Monday, October 8, 2012

Monday Progress Update: October 8

I got a bit of work done on my bustle dress this week.  Or, actually, I got a little real work and a ton of mock ups done.  I think I finally figured out what was bugging me, though, so full speed ahead now!


Here's the underskirt front.  It took a while because I didn't want to waste taffeta on ruching more than would be showing in the final dress.  So in order to figure out what would be showing I had to mock up the overskirt and measure.  I finally decided I was safe stopping at 14", and I want the hem to be a 5" ruffle, so I marked those parts off the front, side front, and side back pieces (the back won't show, but it will be taffeta just in case).  I took what was left and made a pattern piece that was an inch wider and double the length, with ruching lines marked down the center of each piece.  Then I ran a gathering stitch down the taffeta pieces cut from this pattern and gathered them on the base muslin of the skirt and basted it down.  Once each piece was secure I sewed them together.  I still need to finish the side back pieces, that's why this is only the front.



Here's my latest mock up of the overskirt back.  It took me a while because I didn't realize that the seams on the overskirt weren't side seams, they were really more side-back seams.  Once I had that revelation it worked out why the front piece was so big and why the back seemed to not fall right.  I wanted the back part to come up to the side seam of the overskirt, so in order to do that I used the full width of the faille (60").  I put the overskirt pattern piece in the center and cut the sides down where all the pleating was to right past the pleating.  Then I pleated it up and re-attached it to the side I cut it from so that I had the fullness of the pleating but the sides extending to the full width I needed.  There are no ties in this mock-up so it's a little droopy, but I can see that it's gonna do what I want so I'll be cutting it out as soon as I finish the underskirt.

So what's next?  Finish the underskirt and put it on a waistband.  Sew together the hem facings and use them to hem the dress.  Cut and sew on a hem ruffle.  Then cut and start on the overskirt.  So much to do, and Cybils reading besides!

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