V8571, still not done....

You're probably thinking, it doesn't look any different from last time...but it is different!!

I worked on the dress for hours tonight and it's still not done.

I was really struggling with the gathers, then with the fit.    And then I somehow forgot the setting on my serger to make nice side seams so the side seam was stretched out and puckered and  terrible and I had to unpick the whole seam. Always write down the serger settings!!!

The armholes are now bound; the facing is sewn to the neckband but the understitching looks terrible so after working almost non-stop on this dress tonight from 5:05 til 9:45pm I decided to stop there.  I can't unpick the understitching and re-understitch and hand sew the facing to the neckband inside and figure out the serger settings for a nice side seam serge and cut the bottom appropriately and then blind hem it all by 8:50am tmw.

I'll wear my favorite Vogue 1351  instead to MPB Day.

See you there, maybe??


p.s. god-cat says hello!

More Vogue 8571 + cat + new-to-me patterns

Sooooo....continuing on......unhemmed, unbound neckline and armholes....

Swayback solved


You're not seeing the full front-head-on-view because it's very wide somehow.  I think I probably need to come in another half inch on each side and then it'll be good.


I think I'm not touching the bodice though (I have now serged the insides), so I can bind the armholes and also install the neckline facing. Then I'll probably baste the sides from the empire seamline down and see how it looks and see if I need to shave off some more SA. Then hem.


Yes, I sure know how to make a simple dress into an epic project.

I spent a large amount of time today obsessing over those gathers.  Cranking up the needle tension to 6 on my serger helped get the gathers I generally wanted.

The good news is I'm taking Wednesday off, so I think I can finish it then.  Or maybe even work on it a little each night this week.

I loved your guesses as to why I want to get this dress done before next Saturday.  Vanessa was the closest with her "special event" guess.  It's because I'm wearing it to MPB Day!  Or hope to, barring any missteps.  I need to make my list of notions to buy on Saturday.



In other news, my god-cat is here, and he came bearing the patterns he was unable to sell at his yard sale!  How sweet of him!!  Many of the patterns were new-to-me but some I had sewn up, ha ha.

I have now cat proofed the sewing room, or so I think.  Lots of dangers for a cat in a sewing room, for sure.  Trumbelina, to steal someone else's cat & sewing joke, Buddy is my largest pattern weight.

Be well!

V8571: I went with plan C, now in progress

Hello!

I loved reading all your comments on my last post!!  Especially Trumbelina's about temper tantrums and cookies and balling the dress up and throwing it in a corner.  :)

I went with plan C, which was the majority vote.  I started over and cut out a new bodice from scratch, with the shoulder and armholes and neckline as a size 8 and side seams as size 12 (instead of everything as 14).  Before I did that, though, I basted the side seams as if I had cut a size 12 and suddenly the dress was looking a LOT better.

It looks even better (as in the pix above and below) with the 8/12 combo.


The underbust seam is actually under my bust.  And when I'm wearing it, the gathers in the back are flat and not droopy.

I need to fix the gathers (front and back) and swayback pooling but this was just a Q&D basting to see if I was going in the right direction, I think the answer may be yes.  I don't want to jinx myself though!!

I plan on working on this tmw afternoon before my god-cat shows up for 2 weeks at my house for some suburban fun.  Or he can help me work on it.   But I need to do more cleaning too.  Hmmm... I really want to get this dress done before next weekend, can you guess why?

Be well!