Here are some photos I took while working on this set of 2 dresses last year.
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This pattern was an assignment from my design director at Simplicity. And the challenge was how to get make two dresses use basically the same pattern???
I love this kind of stuff. So, I designed a princess seamed dress which allowed me to insert godets in the 2 side front and 2 side back seams to give the long dress the full skirt it needed AND the short dress the slits it needed. One got a collar, one didn't and the other elements could be pattern pieces on their own. |
Here is the front. Getting the front of the yoke to taper down just right was challenging as was the cross over collar band!!
The shoulder armor and cape yoke use sewable interfacing foam for structure. Bosal is one brand of this stuff. Pellon also makes it. It is really great ... light weight, holds dramatic shapes other interfacing won't and its it pretty easy to use. |
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I'm writing this at my son's apartment in Seattle. I'm here to help out at his cafe in the Queen Anne neighborhood named KUKO ... check it out! It got a great writeup in the Seattle Times last year! Proud MOM speaking.
And I will be meeting with people at Pacific Fabrics in the hopes I will be able to teach there on my next visit.