Category Archives: 1930s slinky dress
2016 recap
All the cool kids are doing it, so here’s what I made this year: January through April I spent all my time on my Jordan Con costume contest entry, my magnum opus, the floofiest froof of a dress to ever exist, … Continue reading
Costume College recap
A quick post to recap the rest of what I wore to Costume College. Lots of other bloggers have posted pictures of it, so I’m not posting any (also, as usual, I never actually took out my camera to take … Continue reading
Wrap up – 1930s dress
So I finished hemming the 1930s dress around 3pm on a Thursday afternoon, in time to wear it for a dress rehearsal at 7pm, for the performance the next day. Fabric: Green Italian Silk Charmeuse. Beautiful beautiful stuff, and eeevil to … Continue reading
How to hem silk charmeuse
So, silk charmeuse is evil to hem, it’s slippery, it doesn’t take a crease (unless you accidentally press a crease where you don’t want one, then it stays forever). My hem is also not totally on the straight, so trying … Continue reading
Closure on a 1930s dress
So, this dress needs to close somehow, as dresses often do. I don’t think zippers were really a thing until later, so I planned to a closure with snaps. Here are the instructions on my pattern: Finish opening at left … Continue reading
Nope nope nope what?
Moment of truth – basted the waistband to the top. There is no turning back now. And now for the back. … o.O O.o WTF?!? What on earth is going on here? I promise it is not hanging sideways. … Continue reading
How to stabilize a neckline
Most people who have sewn a dress of some kind, know that a pattern often calls to stabilize a neckline by stay-stitching. For a slightly fancier version you could use iron-on interfacing. While looking for information on sewing … Continue reading
To wash or not wash silk
Old debate. To test out what would happen, I cut out a square of my silk, rinsed it in warm water with a smidge of Soak, let it dry, and compared it to my original fabric. Definitely some changes there. … Continue reading
Starting to look like something
After drafting a cowl failed, I pulled up youtube for instructions on how to drape a cowl. Here’s what I ended up with: Before tracing off the pattern, I wanted to see if this muslin was even remotely correct Not … Continue reading
More 1930s top
So, I’ve been making progress, although not as fast as I would like. Last time, I posted pictures of the godawful top I made from my pattern. The wonderful members of the Historical Sew Fortnightly gave me advice on how … Continue reading
Avant Garbe 