I am still working on this dress, mainly because I ran into an issue with the fit of it (which I stupidly did not photograph sorry!). Basically the fabric was bulging very strangely on one side of my bust, which I only noticed after I had overlocked all the seams, ahem. For some reason, instead of thinking the situation through I got it into my head that I needed to take in more fabric in the side seam, so spent two hours unpicking everything and sewing it all up again, two or three times because it was not fixing the problem. Finally, after much swearing and stamping of feet (yes I can strop with the best of them) I realised that I was trying to fix the wrong problem!!
It occurred to me, in a moment of clarity, that the issue was actually with the strap. See the dress is gathered at the strap, and I had simply not gathered it enough, thus the excess fabric sticking out. It took about 15 minutes to fix.
So, another lesson to add to the rather large list is to assess the situation before jumping in and trying to fix it. I do not know enough about constructing clothes to be able to instantly know what the problem is and how to fix. But, if I spend some time thinking it through I can usually come up with a solution, without the temper tantrums.
Loads more creative spaces here!
Congratulations on working out the mystery of the bulge. Clothes would have to be one of the trickiest things to make, particularly women's clothes that have to fit all of our bumps and curves. Hope you have a lovely day. x
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see the finished dress - bummer about the un-picking. I can honestly say I know how crap it is!! Thanks for vising my blog!
ReplyDeleteI do the same when something goes wring with one of my projects. I get nervous at first, without accomplishing much, and as soon I calm down, the solution is right in front of me.
ReplyDeleteGood luck in finishing your dress with no more incidents.