Pinning

After getting basic lines sewn, I became rather anxious to get a sense of what it would look like, so I pinned all the pieces to my dress form. I'm glad I did because it was so pretty, I was highly motivated to work on it further. This happened a week or so ago, but I've been sewing in all of my spare time, and haven't had the chance to post.

Renaissance Festival Clothes

I've gotten the under part of my skirt done for the renaissance festival.

Dress Form

This is my dress form, post feeding her with batting so she's more my size. It seems I'd had a few more Milky Way bars than she had. I promptly fixed that problem though (save for an inch in the thigh area. I have to go back to the store for reinforcements) and she is ready for dress making! I haven't named her yet, but rather feel that I should. I'd rather it came to me though, rather than trying to force it so early on.

WWII dress, continued

I started working on the dress, and mainly got the dress pieces cut out. I still need to cut out the sleeves and collar pieces, which I'll hopefully get to after work today.

My first 40s dress making experience.

I'm going to make a simple buttoned shirt dress out of this fabric. I'm taking the pockets out of the pattern. As handy as pockets are, they are unrealistic for the year window I'm working with (1941-1945). The war board urged women to cut back on hemlines and pockets, as well as dress length, so I too will follow those guidelines. I'm using the pattern as a guide more than a strict set of rules.