Remember my Regency To-Do List? I finished a few things (see strike-outs below):
I need to create a simple chemise to go under the bodiced petticoat so that the petticoat doesn't show through. My finished chemise is here.I need to press the rolled hems on the bodice and sleeves so they sit properly. I really hope this eliminates the funkiness you see in the pictures. Done!I need to hem the bottom of the petticoat and dress. For some reason the petticoat is longer in front than the back. I wonder if I sewed it on backwards? Doing any sort of hemming is an absolute impossibility in my household. I happen to have a little Basset Hound who thinks that anytime I get down on the floor it is for the sheer purpose of petting her. She doesn't understand why I must push her away every two seconds. Ugh. This process also leaves quite a bit of hair on my dress. Geesh.
I am wondering if I should cord the petticoat at all to give it some body. As you can see below, I didn't actually cord it, mostly because I don't like the way my bodiced petticoat is coming out and I don't want to dedicate much more time and money to this lost cause. However, when hemming my sheer gown, I realized it is much too short, and my petticoat is much too long. Therefore, I needed to either cut off a TON from my petticoat or pretend I added the length on purpose just so I could add some "tucks" and give it a nice shape under my dress. I opted for the latter.
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| Can you BELIEVE THIS.... |
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| ..turned into THIS? |
Do you think I should sew down the flaps? I'm not really sure what I'm doing here. Also, as you can see I randomly spaced the tucks (and randomly choose the depth of the tucks). Really, I'm just making this stuff up as I go.
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| Here is the pretty interior of the petticoat. I like it. |
So, here's the sheer Regency dress so far (without the petticoat underneath... so immodest!). As you can see, I still need to attach the buttons onto the back of the dress *and attempt to use the buttonholer... YIKES!*:
okay, idea. . . .
ReplyDeleteYou know that stripper pole hook in your dining area? (Yes, I outted you!). . . if the hook can rotate, you can hang the dresses on a hanger from the hook, sit at a chair and pin the hem that way.
if the stripper pole hook doesn't work, you can simply loosely mount a plant hanger hook in the ceiling somewhere so that it will turn instead.