I have been working on this dress for approximately 1 month now. Not constantly of course!! Most of the time it sits staring at me from my mannequin in my studio willing me to get on and finish it!!
In part 1 I managed to get most of the front and back of the bodice in place. Now to complete the bodice and work on the skirt part.
I started pleating, draping and pinning parts of the existing blue dress I wanted to recycle around the waist and skirt area. I decided the waist needed to be more fitted and flattering and discovered a cotton doyley I had hand dyed a while ago. As the embroidered cotton fabric is quite stiff it worked well and pulled in the waist nicely. I had found the missing jigsaw piece for the bodice at last!! I stitched it together carefully.Phew, this was the end of a mind numbing day having had so many decisions to make - as always.
Total looking, working and thinking time today 5 hours.
For a bit of fun and light relief, I started draping random pieces of fabric around the skirt area. Amazingly the random shapes and colours started to work well and some new ideas were born!!
The skirt would now be created using an existing green skirt and the blue dress underneath with other pieces of fabric cut in diamond shapes stitched on top to create a 'hanky hem' effect.
These pieces are just pinned in these photos and will all need to be taken off, cut to shape and zig- zag stitched to minimise fraying if I decide to use them when I come back with 'fresh eyes' another day.
Total draping, looking and thinking time - 2 hours!!
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