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Disney Expo and Bustle Progress
Dec. 26th, 2016 02:31 amI bought my Disney Expo tickets today! Is anyone else going? And if so, do you want to share a hotel room?
I also worked more on the green wool bustle overskirt. I attached the fur onto the back of the skirt, hemmed the sides, and hand-sewed down all the fur on the inside. I've basically used the 3.25" wide fur strips as binding on all the edges of the overskirt that show. The hand-sewing took me about 3.5 hours, so other than going out to celebrate with my bf's family, that was the majority of my sewing today.
I forgot to mention yesterday that I had already pleated the back pieces to fit the waist, so now basically all that is left on the overskirt is attaching the two pieces to the waistband, plus adding all the ribbon bows (once I figure them out), and tacking down the edge where the trim ends, so that the two pieces don't flap open.
This is what it looks like right now. There's no petticoat on the form right now, which is why the underskirt looks weak, but I'm also still trying to decide if I want to wear this with the lobster-tail, or just the pad (currently shown with just the pad).
The waistband will be done tomorrow, plus possibly a bodice mockup. Tomorrow is my last day off this weekend, though, so I might also go ice skating and almost certainly will go see La La Land. I wore my skates around the house for two hours today (while baking and sewing!), and they didn't hurt at all, so now I'm even more excited to get them on the ice.
I also worked more on the green wool bustle overskirt. I attached the fur onto the back of the skirt, hemmed the sides, and hand-sewed down all the fur on the inside. I've basically used the 3.25" wide fur strips as binding on all the edges of the overskirt that show. The hand-sewing took me about 3.5 hours, so other than going out to celebrate with my bf's family, that was the majority of my sewing today.
I forgot to mention yesterday that I had already pleated the back pieces to fit the waist, so now basically all that is left on the overskirt is attaching the two pieces to the waistband, plus adding all the ribbon bows (once I figure them out), and tacking down the edge where the trim ends, so that the two pieces don't flap open.
This is what it looks like right now. There's no petticoat on the form right now, which is why the underskirt looks weak, but I'm also still trying to decide if I want to wear this with the lobster-tail, or just the pad (currently shown with just the pad).
The waistband will be done tomorrow, plus possibly a bodice mockup. Tomorrow is my last day off this weekend, though, so I might also go ice skating and almost certainly will go see La La Land. I wore my skates around the house for two hours today (while baking and sewing!), and they didn't hurt at all, so now I'm even more excited to get them on the ice.