I spent the long weekend draping on my new dress form - it is a HUGE help.
I've started in on a dress in fashion fabric and am running a bit short so may need to get creative. The fabric is a beautiful red lightweight, drapeable cotton I bought from Britex about 4 years ago.
I'm lining the bodice with another batiste weight cotton so I was able to transfer all of the markings to the liner and not the fashion fabric. The fashion fabric is so lightweight I thought marks would show through. I ironed the two layers together and then thread traced all the seams.
Everything I've done so far is pinned to the dress form.
Also - I stored my pattern pieces (self drafted) by rolling them up and placing them in a toilet paper roll with a drawing of the design taped on the outside. Clever if I do say so myself. : >
I've started in on a dress in fashion fabric and am running a bit short so may need to get creative. The fabric is a beautiful red lightweight, drapeable cotton I bought from Britex about 4 years ago.
I'm lining the bodice with another batiste weight cotton so I was able to transfer all of the markings to the liner and not the fashion fabric. The fashion fabric is so lightweight I thought marks would show through. I ironed the two layers together and then thread traced all the seams.
Everything I've done so far is pinned to the dress form.
Also - I stored my pattern pieces (self drafted) by rolling them up and placing them in a toilet paper roll with a drawing of the design taped on the outside. Clever if I do say so myself. : >
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