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| AnneMarie and I discussing how to make "The Dress |
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| I hand washed the beaded silk as it was quite dirty - we think it is quite old |
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| Heather with 1 of the many muslins |
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| Second of the muslins with more of a back - previous muslin just had spagetti straps- changed the panels to princess line too |
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| Final muslin created from previous muslin - decided to change the line of the front - see pencil lines just below bust- also Heather didnt like the shape of the top so making that more curved - see pencil lines |
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| Can see the alterations I have to make - hope it works!! |
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| This Judy is bigger than Heather |
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| Muslin for the beaded top |
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| Working out how much fabric I will have to buy for the top fabric, and underlining - Tom did a CAD drawing too |
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| Test on miniature skirt - seeing which fabric to choose for underlining |
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| Shows how important it is to cut the silk satin all in one direction - you can see the change in shine here |
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| What changes need to be made in top pattern |
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| Preparing the silk dress fabric and the underlining to be handstitched together - I hung them for a while to see how they would drape - had to recut one underlining as it dropped too much |
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| underlined pieces hung to let them drop before sewing them together |
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| Trying a different way to hang the pieces |
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| Finished dress - while as much as I can do until Heather tries dress on in London - will have to adjust length of spagetti straps, sides of dress and the very large hem - still have to cut, sew and attach lining! |
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| Trying to fit the pattern on the fabric avoiding stains - nearly didnt make it!!! |
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| Flood on July 8th - no damage to us but both our neighbours were flooded - sewing suspended to bail out basements! |
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| Added silk mesh to back as underlining to support weight of beads- stitched together along all the lines of beads! |
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| Working at Sheila & Rays cottage on the deck |
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| Working on the beach - too hot on deck - Sheila set up the chair with cushions so I would be comfortable - thank you |
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| Sheila inspecting the progress - just the basting done which will have to come out when I have handstitched the 2 pieces together |
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| thanks to Ray and Sheila I was able to work in a beautiful setting - going for a swim when I got too hot |
