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Hello! This is the finished dress I made from the complicated 50s dress pattern in my previous posts. I wore this to a wedding yesterday. It was 105 degrees outside, so I was very glad not to be wearing black!  It's not my standard skirt block, It's the one that comes with the pattern, just upsized for my hips. I like the flow. The hem is hand sewn with the nylon horsebraid to make that hem lay full. I also made the matching belt. I am crazy about the green and peach color combo. haha no zips. I hate zips. They poke me.   The length is tea length.    The button is from Mema's sewing cabinet. My Mema would have loved this dress. She liked pastels.  And of course, I am now a full 1940s reject with platinum and purple hair!  Complete with full bang wave and spit curl. I have had to completely adjust my makeups. I am wearing pale lavender eye shade and coral lippy. It goes better with the pale hair.   And I hade to got a tad lighter on the brow pencil....

And by honked off- I mean ANGRY. ENOJADO (in espanol). pic randomly selected from internets Reason 1: I bought fabric on sale three weeks ago via the internets from FABRIC CHAIN .. 6 yards total. I went to wash it yesterday, and guess what.....the bastards gave me 5 continuous yards then 1 yard by itself! THE HORROR! I made my dress ok, but I was worried about not having enough. I rearranged my cutting so the 4 full skirt pieces took up the 5 yards, and the bodices cut out on the singe yard. What a dirty trick right??!! I paid for, what I thought, was 6 continuous yards! pic also result of random google search Reason 2. They be messin wit my Mama! My Mama went in yesterday to buy fabric for a quilt. She went up to the counter and they told her they won't sell her the fabric! Then they accused her of taking expensive fabric and winding it around a cheap fabric bolt to rip off FABRIC CHAIN! WHAT???!! Mom just picked up a bolt of cute teddy Bear fabric and it was marked $6 like all t...

Today I drafted my basic bodice sloper into a basic princess seam bodice. I found instructions by googling. Basically, you cut out both darts, and then rotate your bust dart down from a slash in the armhole, then add your seam allowances. The muslin fit well and I am pleased. Next I will attempt to change this into a shoulder princess seam. I need a shoulder princess seam to make a pinafore dress!

I only started watching about 2 seasons ago. I do love this show!! I am aware that for some watchers, the older seasons were better. I still enjoy ANY show on TV that feature sewing.... and drama....! Not Picky here! I took a look at the next cast and i just adore BECKY ROSS Look how cute SHE is! AND....SHE MADE THIS!! HOLY SMACKERS!!! Also I love these designs by contestant Fallene Wells I am looking forward to an interesting season!!! How about you all? Any favorites for the new cast?

In my previous post, I bitched a tad about the fit on this dress. I still am working out how I can add 3.5 inches to the sleeves on this crazy pattern. The pattern I am borrowing from the lovely Raven (a collector and seamstress). It's a 50 bust! I set it on top of my sloper and just saw I just needed to add a bit to the side seams to make this fit! I also had to drop the waist an inch. I did a small amount of slash and spread on the sleeves, but really cant get enough width because of the design. number 2 there is the front and back yoke and sleeves in one piece Here is a wearable muslin on the bodice. The skirt portion is from another dress I made. I just cut it off that dress and sewed it to this bodice. It's windy, the dress actually lays nicer than this. I wore it to work! Everything on the bodice fits quite well except the arms. Too tight. To fix this in the muslin I created slits in the sleeves to allow for my arms to move. I want to fix this a better way before I make t...

Yo Mama! I need your helpz! See the pattern above where the yoke is the same pattern piece as the sleeve??? I am having an issue with a similar construction! Mine doesn't have a collar, and the yoke is square on front and back. Also my front neckline is V shaped. But the construction is the same..... Imagine, if you will, the front yoke, sleeve, and the back yoke are ALL ONE PIECE! The shoulder center has a dart the forms what would normally be the shoulder seam. The dart releases at the apex of the sleeve cap. I just made a test fit of a early 50s pattern with this design, and while it fits well everywhere else, the sleeves are WAY TOO TIGHT! I dealt with this by adding slits up the sleeves, so I can wear the muslin. But I need to fix this! I already slashed and spread all along the sleeve as much as I could. I got about 2.5 inches with this method. The problem here is the usual slash and spread down the sleeve center is not possible because the yoke is attached! Spreading the s...

What a DOLLFACE!!! While surfing blogger today, one of my fav bloggers, The Hair Hall of Fame had this chubby beauty posted! HOLY HAIR! YESSSSSSSSS!!! I am am totally diggin the round specs. <3