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[crows]

The red dress was started today. All the fabric is cut for the dress, the lining, and the cloak... I'm going to go get a lining for the cloak tomorrow. Or some time. It's not urgent. The cloak is the simplest of my garments.

I'll start sewing tomorrow. Stitch around all the bodice pieces so that the seams are extra reinforced and my brocade doesn't ravel. Begin building the skirt... you have no idea how much we cut those pieces down. It would have been so CRAZILY full... plus the ridiculous train. (the pattern is based on a wedding dress pattern). Nine odd yards of fabric called for, for each skirt (over and under). We're doing the whole dress with less than ten yards of fabric, cumulatively.

It's going to be beautiful. No, it doesn;t have an empire waistline. No, the empire waistline wasn't the only, or sinlgle most prevelant style in the region at the time. Yes, this is a venetian look as opposed to the florentine look. If they decide they won't have it, I've already been told that the Green Court will welcome me back in last time's costume... I'm spending too much time and money on this garment to have it be something unflattering that I'm going to dislike.

Comments

[chaotique.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's not too bad. Surger's frighten me. I'm reasonably handy with my machine, but I've never used a surger. It's just that I'm using brocade for the bodice... and it's fitted pretty close, so there'll be pressure on the side seams, and the darts, when I move around. It's pretty stable fabric, I'm not -that- worried about it... but zig-zagging around the edges of the pieces before I actually sew them together will take that extra measure to stabilize them. I was going to zigzag around ALL the brocade pieces, but we decided after we cut them out that it should be fine. It's not like I'm ever going to be putting the thing in a washing machine, or anything of that nature. :D There WILL be pictures of the dress when it's finished though. It's going to be lurvely.

[tokimi.livejournal.com]

Excellent.