chintz dress: kinda looks like a dress!
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mandie_rwYou will, I am sure, pardon the sweatpants, fuzzy socks, and cropping of my head. It was not a good day to have my face on camera, LOL. Actually put it on over the intended under-petti this time - taffeta instead of linen. Makes a difference!
Today I stitched down the lining edges as far as I could without having yet done the shoulders/sleeves yet...I wanted to double check the fit before messing with sleeves. Getting there! I did decide that I want to add about 4" to the skirt, though. When I tried it on with shoes (it's in flat feet/fuzzy socks here) it's at that awkward is-your-skirt-slightly-too-long-or-did-you-mean-to-have-a-sweep? length, and I'd rather commit to a sweep, since this isn't a remotely practical outfit! I'll probably wear the skirt looped up most of the time, but I'd like to have the option.
This will, of course, mean a slightly awkward pieced-in strip of fabric at the bottom, with the print going crossways, as I only have long strips left with the print going vertically! Whatever, it won't be very noticeable, and that's so 18th-century. *is unfazed*
I have, however, changed my mind a bit about trim. I really want a flounce of some sort on the petticoat, and with self-trim that's not an option (unless we're talking a flounce that's 1" wide, which, no, we're not). Gauze trimming, however, is incredibly popular in the 70s, if you ask the fashion plates, and I have about 4 yards of Dharma organza left in the stash - the stuff that's perfectly fine on the straight, but I flat out refuse to try hand-rolling curves on it anymore. Goes all widgey and isn't worth the trouble! Ugh. (It seems to behave itself pretty well when ripped cross-ways, so I'm going to live dangerously and rip all my trim rather than hemming, because I don't have time to hem a million miles of organza.) I did at first question if gauze was too fancy a trim for a cotton print, but I did find a 1778 Galerie des Modes plate of a gauze-trimmed polonaise of indienne, so I'm calling it good enough. Plus, that's me thinking of cotton prints in 21st century-terms ("that's a bedsheet") rather than 18thc (expensive imported fabric)! Quite fancy enough for gauze, I think.
Today I stitched down the lining edges as far as I could without having yet done the shoulders/sleeves yet...I wanted to double check the fit before messing with sleeves. Getting there! I did decide that I want to add about 4" to the skirt, though. When I tried it on with shoes (it's in flat feet/fuzzy socks here) it's at that awkward is-your-skirt-slightly-too-long-or-did-you-mean-to-have-a-sweep? length, and I'd rather commit to a sweep, since this isn't a remotely practical outfit! I'll probably wear the skirt looped up most of the time, but I'd like to have the option.
This will, of course, mean a slightly awkward pieced-in strip of fabric at the bottom, with the print going crossways, as I only have long strips left with the print going vertically! Whatever, it won't be very noticeable, and that's so 18th-century. *is unfazed*
I have, however, changed my mind a bit about trim. I really want a flounce of some sort on the petticoat, and with self-trim that's not an option (unless we're talking a flounce that's 1" wide, which, no, we're not). Gauze trimming, however, is incredibly popular in the 70s, if you ask the fashion plates, and I have about 4 yards of Dharma organza left in the stash - the stuff that's perfectly fine on the straight, but I flat out refuse to try hand-rolling curves on it anymore. Goes all widgey and isn't worth the trouble! Ugh. (It seems to behave itself pretty well when ripped cross-ways, so I'm going to live dangerously and rip all my trim rather than hemming, because I don't have time to hem a million miles of organza.) I did at first question if gauze was too fancy a trim for a cotton print, but I did find a 1778 Galerie des Modes plate of a gauze-trimmed polonaise of indienne, so I'm calling it good enough. Plus, that's me thinking of cotton prints in 21st century-terms ("that's a bedsheet") rather than 18thc (expensive imported fabric)! Quite fancy enough for gauze, I think.
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Date: 2017-03-13 04:51 pm (UTC)That is coming along so well!
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Date: 2017-03-15 04:27 am (UTC)