At the part of this project where it’s really boring to read about because it’s really rote (although it’s the part of sewing I enjoy, aka doing sewing and not patterning).
Stuff I’ve done:
- Made a few yards of bias tape
- Sewed bias tape to bottom of skirt for facing
- cut out 5 layers of bodice fabric (2 inner strength layers, 3 outer visible layers (mesh on sheer on shiny)
- Hand baste the top layers together
- Sew each layer (with being good about pressing each seam on both sides, then pressing it open
- Pinning the two inner layers together, matching them up exactly
- sewing boning channels (one on each side of the seam, plus one in the middle of each piece
- And what I’m in the middle of, cutting all the spiral steel bones I need
A few bonus pictures:
Pile of bodices – 2 strength layers and outer shell
Pile of bodice tape
Avant Garbe 