I've actually been sewing quite a bit and will share more soon. Today I'm just sharing my Sis Boom Jamie/Carolina Mae mashed up muslin for the the dress I'm going to make for dd's baptism a week from Sunday!
I love how it turned out. I used an embroidered white cotton from JoAnns.
I struggled a bit with it the top. The Jamie front is an XL with regular bust for the top, the waistband is 1X and the skirt is self-drafted, very poorly though. The Carolina Mae back is size 16 with added length and self-drafted skirt. I also modified the back to have the zipper on the side as I like to dress myself most days. All those sizes are per my measurements. I did find the Carolina Mae to be too big. I've printed the 14 for the next round.
I started with a longer skirt and just kept pinning it up until I got the length I wanted, which turned out to be 8.5 inches, plus 1 inch hem and .25 for SA in the front, 7 inches + 1.25 for the center back.
Oy! The zipper makes me so mad! It looks fine but I had to pull the original invisible zipper that looked better out after breaking the pull twice! It was one of those make your own so when the first pull broke I was able to take a second pull and jimmy it onto the zipper. Unfortunately it also broke. Urrrrrrr... so I just pulled the zipper off and used a standard zipper. Its not too bad since its under my arm.
As you can see in the picture above, the skirt was a little too tight. So to make the top wearable for now I just added little triangles to both skirt sides. It worked and will have to do until I decide if I want to make another top.
See how nice and straight that hem is front to back. I was pretty happy with that. But you know, the back skirt is a good 3+ inches shorter than the front. Guess that's what a belly and a sway back do for you.
I've already worn it with my new Iris Shorts and love it. Definitely see a lot of wear out of this. Now to buckle down and make the dress. Wish me luck.
2 comments:
Very nice. You must be a pro seamstress, as many people are not familiar with the the "mock-up" in muslin. It's always best to do a mock-up before cutting actual clothing fabric. As they say, measure twice and cut once. 'Looking forward to seeing the finished garment :)
congrats! you are the june challenege winner at Scientific Seamstress!!!! email me jeanine@scientificseamstress.com
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