You know how sometimes certain styles make you feel more like yourself?
I feel that way about long skirts and dresses. Double it if there's a wrap involved somewhere.
In case there's any question...I LOVE this dress!!
The pattern is McCall's 7119, and I made View C.
I cut a size 12 and other than a long waist adjustment, didn't alter it, so this is a pretty good wearable muslin! In the future, I will redraft the bodice so it curves in tighter to my body. It's a little generic in the fit now, but with a cami underneath, it's no problem. The dress is hemmed to work well with flats.
I went all out on the finishings here.
Every seam is a French seam, and I added stay-stitching at every bodice seam, so she would hold her form. I understitched the band, and slip-stitched the facing in place. Can you believe that none of that was in the instructions?! Such simple steps, but they make all the difference in the final product.
I had some red satin ribbon on hand, so I added a ribbon stay to the waist seam. I'm surprised this was not in the directions for this particular view, as no matter what fabric you use, a floor length skirt will be heavy, so the seam needs reinforcement. My reinforcement comes in the form of red satin ribbon that just so *happens* to match the red of my garment fabric. ...pats herself on the back for buying Christmas wrappings that will double as sewing notions...
It's been some time since a make corresponded to a life event. This one did! There was an event called New Music Gathering, which took place in Bowling Green, Ohio in May. My chamber music project, L+M Duo, performed, and on top of that, it was a great professional/networking event. So...naturally...in order to feel confident...I had to make a special dress for meeting all the important people! :) It's a little embarrassing how affected my confidence and mood are by my clothes, but I've accepted it and now make my sewing obsession do the work for me!
The tunic is from McCall's 7572, View D.
Obviously, it was made from scraps of fabric from the maxi dress. I shouldn't have had that much left over, as I bought the amount stated on the envelope. Oh well! I'll take getting another garment out of it.
I did have to piece the back together, but I rather like the design I came up with. Again, the insides are treated well with French seams, and there's a good amount of handstitching at the neckline. Other than that, she was easy.
I feel that way about long skirts and dresses. Double it if there's a wrap involved somewhere.
In case there's any question...I LOVE this dress!!
The pattern is McCall's 7119, and I made View C.
I cut a size 12 and other than a long waist adjustment, didn't alter it, so this is a pretty good wearable muslin! In the future, I will redraft the bodice so it curves in tighter to my body. It's a little generic in the fit now, but with a cami underneath, it's no problem. The dress is hemmed to work well with flats.
I went all out on the finishings here.
Every seam is a French seam, and I added stay-stitching at every bodice seam, so she would hold her form. I understitched the band, and slip-stitched the facing in place. Can you believe that none of that was in the instructions?! Such simple steps, but they make all the difference in the final product.
I had some red satin ribbon on hand, so I added a ribbon stay to the waist seam. I'm surprised this was not in the directions for this particular view, as no matter what fabric you use, a floor length skirt will be heavy, so the seam needs reinforcement. My reinforcement comes in the form of red satin ribbon that just so *happens* to match the red of my garment fabric. ...pats herself on the back for buying Christmas wrappings that will double as sewing notions...
It's been some time since a make corresponded to a life event. This one did! There was an event called New Music Gathering, which took place in Bowling Green, Ohio in May. My chamber music project, L+M Duo, performed, and on top of that, it was a great professional/networking event. So...naturally...in order to feel confident...I had to make a special dress for meeting all the important people! :) It's a little embarrassing how affected my confidence and mood are by my clothes, but I've accepted it and now make my sewing obsession do the work for me!
The tunic is from McCall's 7572, View D.
Obviously, it was made from scraps of fabric from the maxi dress. I shouldn't have had that much left over, as I bought the amount stated on the envelope. Oh well! I'll take getting another garment out of it.
I did have to piece the back together, but I rather like the design I came up with. Again, the insides are treated well with French seams, and there's a good amount of handstitching at the neckline. Other than that, she was easy.
