All Done: Gown for New Year’s Formal
Fri, January 02, 2009 at 11:08 AM
The dress is all done!
After this project, I love, love, love, love cotton!!! =)
Silk charmeuse, being slippery and all, is hard to work with. Poly charmeuse even harder and don't get me started on stretch poly charmeuse!!!! It was a fun but challenging project and I had to break out the reference books. The microtex needle, elastic stitch, long straight stitch, ruffler, hemming and walking feet were my friends =) I had to do french seams for the most part and did a good amount of hand stitching. Buky wanted the neck ruffle to stand so I used some poly chiffon gauze type fabric and tulle. I probably could have gotten away with just the former fabric alone. All in all, it turned out well and as with all projects, you pick up things to do different next time.
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After this project, I love, love, love, love cotton!!! =)
Silk charmeuse, being slippery and all, is hard to work with. Poly charmeuse even harder and don't get me started on stretch poly charmeuse!!!! It was a fun but challenging project and I had to break out the reference books. The microtex needle, elastic stitch, long straight stitch, ruffler, hemming and walking feet were my friends =) I had to do french seams for the most part and did a good amount of hand stitching. Buky wanted the neck ruffle to stand so I used some poly chiffon gauze type fabric and tulle. I probably could have gotten away with just the former fabric alone. All in all, it turned out well and as with all projects, you pick up things to do different next time.
Fri, January 02, 2009 at 11:08 AM
1 Wed, January 14, 2009 at 11:24 AM
By Buky
FR is the biznaz! thanks so much for tackling this for me. It turned out absolutely georgous & has been the talk of the crowd since. Looking forward to my next FR creation 
2 Sun, July 12, 2009 at 6:57 PM
By Dami @ FR
Buky, glad you loved it and thanks for your business!
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