Reinventing the Wheel

[theladyrebecca]

Of course, in my head, Snow White was supposed to be a simple project. I had a few patterns that all had the basic bodice look I wanted, so I could just mock up one of those, make my alterations, and be done, right?

Wrong.

The main problem is, those patterns are all meant for halter-style bodices. Not only do I not want that, but I decided somewhere in my fiddling around with patterns process yesterday that I would be far more comfortable with sleeves, instead of sleeveless like the original. I still want to keep that great sweetheart neckline, though, so it seems like raglan sleeves would best do that.

But then the problem is, how do I connect raglan sleeves to a gathered-side-and-CF bust section? So that's where I am right now. I've taken pattern pieces from at least four different patterns and pinned them together on my dress form. I'm trying to combine three bust pieces right now, in the hopes of melding them all together and redrawing to give me the shape I want. Something tells me this is going to require a whole bunch of mockups...



Also, wow, this is a ridiculous amount of hoops to jump through to post pics. If Dreamwidth doesn't figure out something better soon, I'm sticking to LJ. 

Comments

[mala_14]

I love the look with sleeves. "Was supposed to be a simple project" <--- Aren't they usually? I've been there. I hope your first mock-up miraculously works beautifully!

[isabelladangelo]

To post any picture use the greater than symbol, img src="http of your image" width="350" lesser than symbol. It should look something like this <img src="http://www.anywebsite.com/image.jpg" width="350"> Post this in the "html" part of the post and not the editor part (there is a tab that switches back and forth). Once you add the code, you should be able to go back to the editor and play with it more. It's a pretty easy cut and paste once you have the address of where the image is hosted. Just make sure you have the image address (normally, it's a right click, copy image address) and not the entire webpage.

Given the look of the bodice, I'd go with a 1940's/1950's style commercial pattern. This may be easier to edit to get the correct bodice style.

[theladyrebecca]

That one does look like it would have been a good start. Alas, it looks like Butterick just finished being on sale. I think I'm in a decent place with my current mockup direction, though, so hopefully I can get that to work.