by kelerr
After an extremely lazy morning yesterday, I got started on my latest: the city toile dress. This was a dress I had in the works for a while, in varying stages. I picked the fabric a long time ago, another one from Rifle Paper Co that I coveted for a long time before finally buying. Fabric in hand, I originally planned to make the same shirt dress as my flamingo dress, but I ended up finding another pattern I wanted to try. […]
by kelerr
My last two dresses went together so easily I barely stopped to take pictures of the progress. The Chantilly dress is now completely finished and the Rosa dress will soon follow. I did manage to get a few pictures of the finishing up progress. Let’s start with the Chantilly. This dress suffered a bit due to my error in judgement when it came to the lining. It was supposed to have a full skirt lining, but I decided to skip […]
by kelerr
The Rosa Dress has been on my “to sew” list for a while now. I’ve had both the fabric and the pattern on hand, ready to go but have been waiting. For what, I couldn’t tell you but I finally decided to wait no more! I wanted to put this dress together. I started with the bodice, of course. It consisted of this center piece with bust darts which got attached to the two side pieces creating diagonal, shaping seams. […]
by kelerr
Normally I name my dresses after the fabric I’m using but in this case I went with the pattern. I veered away from the major pattern companies and finally tried out the Chantilly Pattern from Colette Patterns. The last time I attempted it, I stopped while doing the yoke because something about it was off and my skills were just not what they are currently. However I still loved the pattern and I knew it would work perfectly with some rayon […]
by kelerr
Cutting out patterns and fabric is usually the step that makes me procrastinate the most at the beginning of a project. It’s not particularly difficult but I always dread it for some reason. I think it has to do with making sure I keep the pattern organized as I work and making sure all the pieces are together. Sometimes it’s just easier to have a “cutting day,” in which I take all my fabric and patterns and cut out my […]
by kelerr
This weekend I had some much needed downtime, with no plans other than a trip to the theater on Saturday night. After a few lazy hours on Friday, I got to work on the unfinished dresses that have been sitting on my dressform for months. First up, the “Bon Voyage” dress: I love this one – it was simple and easy to put together. I may decide to shorten it, however. Next I wanted to finish the “Procession Dress,” which was […]
by kelerr
I did some initial prep work for my next project. As soon as it’s official, I’ll reveal why I’m suddenly making all these personal projects: there’s something I’m doing that I need them for, and I’m very excited about it. The pattern. I haven’t tried this one yet, but it looks simple and like it will go together very quickly and I love the top stitching. The fabric. More from Rifle Paper Co, and the dress is named after the fabric […]
by kelerr
Having cut out the interfacing, I can move on with the dress progress. Checking the directions, I didn’t need to put interfacing in the yoke so it turns out, there’s no harm done. Just goes to show, even if you’ve made the pattern before you need to double check the directions. Cutting and ironing the interfacing. One happy thing that happened as a result of my small mistake was I discovered I have a giant roll of interfacing in my […]
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