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Aug. 30th, 2009 12:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
auntiemeeshProgress report for Saturday, August 29.
*Sewed facing into bodice.
*tried bodice on.
*panicked when bodice seemed at least one full size too large.
*pinned shoulders and side seams, felt reassured that I could take it in if necessary
*sewed buttonholes into skirt front.
*realized I'd sewn the buttonholes into the wrong spot (after already slashing through the fabric.
*couldn't figure out a way to fix it, so cut out a new skirt panel.
*sewed buttonholes again, in right place this time.
*sewed skirt panels (four in total) together.
*basted in pleats.
*pinned skirt and bodice together (after removing pins in side seams).
*tried it on and found the bodice fits somewhat better once attached to the skirt.
The buttonhole fiasco was a huge momentum killer. I spent a long time trying to find a way to fix things without having to cut a new piece, and maybe there is a way that I simply failed to find. But I had three gaping buttonholes about an inch off from where I needed them. And I had plenty of leftover fabric, luckily, so I just went with it and cut a new piece.
I didn't do a great job with the self-facings in the button section on the skirt, so it hangs a little awkwardly right there in the front. I'm hoping it doesn't look as bad to everyone else as it does to me, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
Tomorrow I'll sew the skirt and bodice together, get the buttons on, put in the grosgrain ribbon belt, attach the buttons and hem up the bottom. I'm feeling much better about things now that it actually has a dress shape.
*Sewed facing into bodice.
*tried bodice on.
*panicked when bodice seemed at least one full size too large.
*pinned shoulders and side seams, felt reassured that I could take it in if necessary
*sewed buttonholes into skirt front.
*realized I'd sewn the buttonholes into the wrong spot (after already slashing through the fabric.
*couldn't figure out a way to fix it, so cut out a new skirt panel.
*sewed buttonholes again, in right place this time.
*sewed skirt panels (four in total) together.
*basted in pleats.
*pinned skirt and bodice together (after removing pins in side seams).
*tried it on and found the bodice fits somewhat better once attached to the skirt.
The buttonhole fiasco was a huge momentum killer. I spent a long time trying to find a way to fix things without having to cut a new piece, and maybe there is a way that I simply failed to find. But I had three gaping buttonholes about an inch off from where I needed them. And I had plenty of leftover fabric, luckily, so I just went with it and cut a new piece.
I didn't do a great job with the self-facings in the button section on the skirt, so it hangs a little awkwardly right there in the front. I'm hoping it doesn't look as bad to everyone else as it does to me, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
Tomorrow I'll sew the skirt and bodice together, get the buttons on, put in the grosgrain ribbon belt, attach the buttons and hem up the bottom. I'm feeling much better about things now that it actually has a dress shape.
