Off today. Sewed!

[mandie_rw]

Also got a Fun Thing in the mail, so pictures of that first.

My ten yards of gold trim for the autumn dress, to be precise. Ten yards is probably too much, but ten yards was all the seller had, so I got it all just to be safe. I do need a lot! So here it is with the dark brown and the "bronze"...





With & without flash. You may notice the bronze did not actually turn out to be bronze when it got here. Sigh...if I wanted pumpkin-colored silk taffeta I'd have used the fabric I already had!

Well, fine, I didn't have enough of it left, and it's not shot. But still. It's pretty fabric, and I can't return it, but IT'S NOT WHAT I WANTED. *sulk*

I'll sit on it for a while and think about it, but I don't think I like the gold trim on it. At least I don't need it Right Now...

And the sewing! I dug out the gold and white dress and ripped it apart, and have started putting it back together. The top half of the dress didn't really have a problem, I just shortened the straps about an inch. Vast improvement.



Well, I didn't say I ironed it or anything...

The skirt was just a rectangle - which really was the problem, as I made the whole thing my bust measurement - even though my hips are bigger than my bust. Derp? But then if I cut the whole dress at the hip measurement, it doesn't even kind of fit at the bust without darts. Didn't want darts!

So I went back to my original plan (the one I didn't think I had time to do in time for Dress U, so I simplified it, to nobody's satisfaction) - bodice to the hip, and the skirt will be made of a bunch of strips of fabric, because yay stripes.



The ickle bits to the right are binding for the bottom of the strips (I'm putting some kind of beady-ness on there so I want another layer to sew to).

Never seen anything like it in period (not that I'm any kind of 1920s scholar...), but I don't care; it seems kind of 20s-ish. And it's shiny. Shiny is all-important. And it won't be as scandalous as it seems; the beads will weigh it down, and of course I'll make a slip. Some real 20s dresses I've seen are definitely more scandalous than that!

Speaking of beads, I realized I didn't have any gold beads in the Stash, so out I went to the local Joann's, which apparently has the crappiest bead selection ever! No gold rocaille beads of any size. Lame. Okay, so maybe I'll support my local bead shop. Or maybe not; they only sell their beads in these teesny-weensy tubes that go for $3 apiece. Which would be fine if I were beading, like, a bookmark. Asked if they sold in larger quantities? Nope. What do you need them for? I'm making a 1920s dress. Oh...that's ambitious. But sometimes we have sales where things go 10% off!

Thanks. Buy online! There goes my instant gratification.

And the dance shoes I ordered were sold out so I had to hunt down new ones on a different site this afternoon. And where the hell are my AD shoes? At least I've got my new Kinks albums... *grin*

Comments

[padawansguide.livejournal.com]

Very cool!

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

[blackcat452.livejournal.com]

I like it, that fabric is very cool. And your beading it? She's right, very ambitious. Good luck!

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

Just a little bit of beading...some fringe at the bottom and around the waist, and filling in the little vine-y bits if I have time. Okay...yeah, ambitious, lol! Thanks!

[jennylafleur.livejournal.com]

Yeah, local bead shops are pretty worthless for a costumer. The only reason I go into mine anymore is to figure out the names/colors of the beads I like so I can order them online. Speaking of I highly reccamend Shipwreak Beads. Its a wholesale place so there a is a minimum ($25 I think) but the prices can't be beat.

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

Awesome, thanks for the rec! They look good, I think I'll have to order from them - minimum order? You mean I have to buy more beads? What a shame, right? ;)