You may remember my recent post about the 18th C. gown I was trying to sew by tomorrow night...I took a vacation day from work today, so I could finish it. I spent 13 hours, with hardly a break, working on it. You can't really test the fit until most of the component pieces are made, then you pin it together. After all of this, the thing is HUGE on me! And I need DH to help pin the back (there's a swath of pleated fabric that hangs down the back). He's had a hard week at work (very long hours), and I don't want to ask him. I quit about an hour ago. I'll try to get it done for the next 3 Halloween parties next week...maybe!
I guess I'll have to wear my old one, from last year: a lavender silk taffeta gown. The blue one was starting to gel together, and looked so pretty on the dress form (Big Bertha is her name, BTW. She's a tiny store display form, with literally a 15" waist, and no shoulders. I pinned on bed pillows, and used duct tape wrapped around them, like a mummy. My corset is way too small for Bertha, and she's enormous, but I mainly made her in order to have shoulders and padding to pin things onto. She's a big lass!)
I hate sewing. Yes, I do. Really. Did I mention that I hate sewing?
I guess I'll have to wear my old one, from last year: a lavender silk taffeta gown. The blue one was starting to gel together, and looked so pretty on the dress form (Big Bertha is her name, BTW. She's a tiny store display form, with literally a 15" waist, and no shoulders. I pinned on bed pillows, and used duct tape wrapped around them, like a mummy. My corset is way too small for Bertha, and she's enormous, but I mainly made her in order to have shoulders and padding to pin things onto. She's a big lass!)
I hate sewing. Yes, I do. Really. Did I mention that I hate sewing?
