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June 28, 2006
Orly?
I am please to present to you the front of my new Owl Dress, made for romping about the city with nary a care:
I am not so pleased to present the back of the aforementioned dress. Most likely due to my lack of skill (and patience) in zipper application, the back of this dress has unsightly wrinkles, mostly around the hips. These will not stop me from wearing it, just from being satisfied with it. Through many trials and tribulations I have ameliorated it from is sorry original state, but I just don't know what else to do! It will probably not be very noticable when I am moving about, but it is still going to bug me. I'll probably just wear a big ribbon or something to hide it. Any suggestions?
I should finish up Ms Marigold tonight. She required more yarn than I had purchased and so I had to finish the ribbing and armholes with some berry colored stuff left over from Tubey. I like the combo and it should look pretty good once blocked. Unfortuately, there are about a katrillion ends to weave in. I really hate that part!
Now I am going to avoid all of the cleaning piling up around me and do some prelims reading at a coffee shop. Foucault or Lyotard? [le sigh]
Posted by loyd0008 at June 28, 2006 10:03 AM
Comments
Hi, I found your blog from Dressaday. Are you shortening the waist in your pattern and not shortening your zipper? That's kind of what that looks like. I have found that hand-picking a zipper is the best way to get them in right - it is supposedly an advanced technique, but I like it because I don't have to baste, and it goes quick once you get the motions down.
It fits you so well in the front! The bodice is perfect, kudos to you for that! What pattern did you use?
Posted by: Karen at June 28, 2006 2:21 PM
I used the Betsy Ross Girlie Dress pattern... I used it before, but made it a bit bigger and used a lapped zipper, like it calls for. Didn't shorten the bodice, but the zipper is probably too long. I used an invisible, since I am more comfortable with them, but looks like I should have stuck with the normal kind!
Posted by: villain extraordinaire at June 28, 2006 3:25 PM