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Aug. 25th, 2014 11:33 pmI sewed a very little bit on the forepart tonight...I, somewhat accidentally, spent most of my sewing time on a black 1920s slip. Oops? There's a Downton Abbey-themed cocktail party at the Laurel Hill house in September, and I need a new dress. No, I do. Really.
I still have the fabric for a 1913 evening dress, that I've had for years and years, but sense kicked in and told me that a 20s dress would be much quicker. Actually...I really decided against the 1913 dress because I don't have any shoes for it, and I couldn't find any good cheap as-is shoes en ebay. On the other hand, I can wear the obnoxiously gold t-straps with this new 20s dress. It's a black net with gold (flat!) sequin embroidery I found at work last October, and it just screamed "easy 1920s dress!" at me.
Since it's Downton Abbey (which is still set in the early 20s), and since I've already made a later 20s dress that I wasn't in love with, I'm going to do a 1921-ish style this time, with that potentially dodgy long length. It's (very) vaguely inspired by a dress in Costume in Detail. The slip's of a reasonably-opaque rayon lining fabric, and is possibly the dumpiest-looking slip in the world. Still have to do fastenings, straps, and the hem - but the hem will wait til I make the dress.
I still have the fabric for a 1913 evening dress, that I've had for years and years, but sense kicked in and told me that a 20s dress would be much quicker. Actually...I really decided against the 1913 dress because I don't have any shoes for it, and I couldn't find any good cheap as-is shoes en ebay. On the other hand, I can wear the obnoxiously gold t-straps with this new 20s dress. It's a black net with gold (flat!) sequin embroidery I found at work last October, and it just screamed "easy 1920s dress!" at me.
Since it's Downton Abbey (which is still set in the early 20s), and since I've already made a later 20s dress that I wasn't in love with, I'm going to do a 1921-ish style this time, with that potentially dodgy long length. It's (very) vaguely inspired by a dress in Costume in Detail. The slip's of a reasonably-opaque rayon lining fabric, and is possibly the dumpiest-looking slip in the world. Still have to do fastenings, straps, and the hem - but the hem will wait til I make the dress.
