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1830s progress
Jan. 8th, 2018 08:36 amI've decided to go with a slightly later timeline for my 1830s dress - I've already done early 1830s a couple times, so for this one, I'm aiming for about 1837-38. Which basically just means slightly fuller skirt, and I'm going to pleat down the top few inches of the sleeves. I'm still trying to decide whether I want a two piece sleeve like in my original inspiration (which was from the early 30s), or go for a gigot sleeve, which seems more common. Any opinions?
Anyway, yesterday after seeing Shape of Water (which was good, but not nearly as good as Three Billboards), I came home and tried on the mockup. It was not terribly far off - way too huge in the CB seam (like, literally, by about 3" - not sure how that happened), and too long for the 30s, which makes sense. And it needed a different neckline, which I still haven't finalized, and will probably have to decide on once I start assembling it in the plaid. I also determined my skirt length, which I made 4" longer than my Archery dress skirt.
I cut out all the bodice pieces and flatlined them. It was really hard to match up the plaids exactly on each of the fronts/backs/sides, etc (I don't care about attempting to match them on seams, but I at least want them to be mirror images of each other). Hopefully that doesn't mean that the grain is all screwy... I also cut out my skirt pieces, and the pieces for the belt (I'm going to use the spare plain brass buckle I got for the Titanic dress). And I sewed my bodice darts.
I have to run errands today and I have rehearsal tonight, so I'm not sure I'll get any sewing done today, but at least assembling all the cut out pieces will be fairly easy (though I do have to make piping). Then I have to determine the sleeve, and how to do the pleated bertha decoration (technically, I should be doing the bertha first, since it is sewn into the CF seam, but I will probably sew the seam shut first, then figure out the bertha, undo the seam, and put the bertha in place).
It would be great if this could all come together by the end of next weekend, which I think might actually be doable!
Anyway, yesterday after seeing Shape of Water (which was good, but not nearly as good as Three Billboards), I came home and tried on the mockup. It was not terribly far off - way too huge in the CB seam (like, literally, by about 3" - not sure how that happened), and too long for the 30s, which makes sense. And it needed a different neckline, which I still haven't finalized, and will probably have to decide on once I start assembling it in the plaid. I also determined my skirt length, which I made 4" longer than my Archery dress skirt.
I cut out all the bodice pieces and flatlined them. It was really hard to match up the plaids exactly on each of the fronts/backs/sides, etc (I don't care about attempting to match them on seams, but I at least want them to be mirror images of each other). Hopefully that doesn't mean that the grain is all screwy... I also cut out my skirt pieces, and the pieces for the belt (I'm going to use the spare plain brass buckle I got for the Titanic dress). And I sewed my bodice darts.
I have to run errands today and I have rehearsal tonight, so I'm not sure I'll get any sewing done today, but at least assembling all the cut out pieces will be fairly easy (though I do have to make piping). Then I have to determine the sleeve, and how to do the pleated bertha decoration (technically, I should be doing the bertha first, since it is sewn into the CF seam, but I will probably sew the seam shut first, then figure out the bertha, undo the seam, and put the bertha in place).
It would be great if this could all come together by the end of next weekend, which I think might actually be doable!