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rivkaSo, Bill was over all day working on my dress. And it's nearly finished!
Left to be done:
-- Hook-and-eye tapes need to be sewn in to the bodice. (Right now it's pinned on.)
-- I need to buy another lace for my corset, which is currently only laced to mid-back.
-- Once the corset can be laced all the way up, we'lll need to get a final fit for the bodice. Right now it has a distracting tendency to slip off the shoulders.
-- Bodice needs to be trimmed: narrow lace all the way along the neckline, wide lace falls at the edge of the sleeves.
-- I need to sew ribbons into the inside of the overskirt, so it can be tied up a la polonaise instead of a l'anglaise, as it is here.
-- Eventually I want to add some embroidery to the bodice, and maybe to the front edges of the overskirt. Most period clothes (circa 1780, in case you haven't been following along) were heavily embroidered. But that's a project for later on.
Bill is amazing. He designed this entirely himself, working not from a pattern but from an annotated picture in a book. I am beside myself with admiration and gratitude and awe.
Left to be done:
-- Hook-and-eye tapes need to be sewn in to the bodice. (Right now it's pinned on.)
-- I need to buy another lace for my corset, which is currently only laced to mid-back.
-- Once the corset can be laced all the way up, we'lll need to get a final fit for the bodice. Right now it has a distracting tendency to slip off the shoulders.
-- Bodice needs to be trimmed: narrow lace all the way along the neckline, wide lace falls at the edge of the sleeves.
-- I need to sew ribbons into the inside of the overskirt, so it can be tied up a la polonaise instead of a l'anglaise, as it is here.
-- Eventually I want to add some embroidery to the bodice, and maybe to the front edges of the overskirt. Most period clothes (circa 1780, in case you haven't been following along) were heavily embroidered. But that's a project for later on.
Bill is amazing. He designed this entirely himself, working not from a pattern but from an annotated picture in a book. I am beside myself with admiration and gratitude and awe.
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Date: 2002-04-28 11:25 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2002-04-29 04:33 am (UTC)It is a flattering style, I'll admit. But I don't really think it suits the spirit of this particular dress. Now, if it were a silk ballgown with a hoop...