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I want to make a dress because this old duvet cover isn& #39;t good enough fabric for face masks (I& #39;ll probably use it for a decorative third external layer though).
Stage one: borrow middle child& #39;s dressmaker& #39;s dummy, try to make it closer to a size 16/18
Drape. Actually this looks almost good enough to wear as it is.
Thanks to @MathiesonJo for telling me about friction ink for marking fabric, I ground to a halt here but I can take it up again tomorrow.
Oh dear. I want to line the bodice.
The good news is, the padded dummy is a reasonable size approximation for me
Going to make a work space. That& #39;s the corner of an A1 drawing board resting against the banister spindles. Balustrades. Barricades. Bonbons.
Ta daaaa!
I pinned enough to cut the excess off the duvet cover. Shaping will now be much easier.
I& #39;m working on this in ten-minute bursts and then lying down. I& #39;ve just realised the pleat-y bits by the hips mean I can have pockets. And I think I want a cardboard template for ironing the pleats into place for sewing.
All of one side will open, somehow, so I don& #39;t have to pull it over my head. I& #39;m not sure how to do it though. Something inside the pleat I expect.
OH a wrap dress. Ish. A partial wrap. That& #39;s what I need.
I& #39;ve put down a towel on the drawing board and I& #39;m ironing pleats. Argh. It& #39;s hot and exhausting. Any bets as to whether I& #39;m getting all the pleats the wrong way out?
Exactly half my creases were in the wrong direction but I& #39;d only ironed half the necessary creases so it& #39;s not too bad. Here we go again.
I think I& #39;ve finished ironing in all the pleats so I can baste them in next and then pin it all back on the dressmaker& #39;s dummy to design the bodice. Then I get the shears out.
I just need them held in place enough to make the waistband. There must be an easy way to do this.
- How& #39;s the sewing going Ailbhe?
- Well I have a jaunty earworm, kind of ABBA esque
- Oh?
- It& #39;s raining sweat, hallelujah...
- Well I have a jaunty earworm, kind of ABBA esque
- Oh?
- It& #39;s raining sweat, hallelujah...
After all that I& #39;m a pleat short.
I have learned that if I ever do box pleats again I will want a ruler -- and it would be even better to have a 1m steel ruler like my mum did because I could iron along it.
I think last time I made pleats I used a breadknife. I don& #39;t have one up here in my attic.
This stalled because I saw a webpage tutorial about shirring elastic and now I want a smocking-look elasticated bodice.
