wayward bob
i ate all your bees
yeah sorry viscose is rayon. i was just looking at the drape and thinking it needed something with swish (viscose is ideal). might not work so well in cotton?
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RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
I didn't know they were the same thing! You're probably right. Also having made this one I'm less sure about doing it again. Although I've still got some finishing to do and had forgotten the whole thing would be cut to account for shoulder pads.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Still with the hems pinned up so not totally finished but near enough. The pattern has no front edge facings, and no interfacing at all, so it's a bit floppy, but better now it's got shoulder pads in. Also the front is a bit gapey and may need a brooch or something. I think I'm going to try and squeeze short ties out of the fabric (one pair internal, one pair external) but will probably mostly wear it like this if I do wear it. I bought the fabric very cheap from a market stall - it's somewhere around that fine line between retro and frumpy I think.
E2A: fabric close-up
E2A: fabric close-up
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
i love the fabric - a bit like some of the less 'out there' stuff they use at Get Cutie. And the length is brilliant on you!
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
that is soooo not frumpy rubes 
(ace shoes too 
) i reckon the viscose is doing you a favour there: in a stiff cotton 40s dresses tend to come out a little housecoaty iyswim?
really really gorgeous
an orange patent belt would be good i reckon 
(ace shoes too ) i reckon the viscose is doing you a favour there: in a stiff cotton 40s dresses tend to come out a little housecoaty iyswim?really really gorgeous
an orange patent belt would be good i reckon
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Dammit, the whole point of trying this pattern is that I still have in my stash some 30s style cotton fabric in want of a pattern!
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
hmmmm 30s is all about drape to me. will have a think...
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
that would work 60s i reckon, if there's anything shift-dress-y would suit?
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Hm, not convinced at all about the 30s being all about drape. Maybe for evening wear. And the shift dress has not been invented that would suit me, even if it could be made to fit me.
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
30s day dresses are well dowdy 
(unless you're talking late 30's/early40's utility stuff?)
(unless you're talking late 30's/early40's utility stuff?)
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
I think I am really - more 30s/40s than 20s/30s, which is all a bit sack-like. The dressing gown pattern is actually 1948.30s day dresses are well dowdy
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
ah 30s/40s is where my heart is you want me to help you find a pattern?
you want me to help you find a pattern?
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
btw, i have a couple of yards of (allegedly) original 30s mint cond rayon that i reckon its gonna take me a good decade to get up the courage to cut into
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Picked up an old hardback book today with the specific plan to turn it into a sort of diorama/paper sculpture thing.
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
pip's given you the bug has she?
i <3 altered books
i <3 altered books
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Well, it was something I saw a student do years ago. Hers was very Su Blackwell. I want to make the book like a frame.
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
i don't know her. will look her up when i'm not staring down the barrel of a deadline
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
I have my first wedding booked! Just charging the cost of the flowers: two bouquets, 4 buttonholes, 6 table centres. Meeting the bride in a couple of weeks to go over designs, then the wedding is on August 11th. Really excited!
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
yay spangles
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
I have pretty much scoured the gamut of what's currently commercially available. The dressing gown pattern was it.ah 30s/40s is where my heart is
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
what you after? what's your budget? what bust size?
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Dunno/patterns are never that pricey/probably about a 46ish.
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
it's a cotton, right? soft/crisp? what yardage you got?
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
It's the usual sort of craft cotton, so fairly crisp, and I seem to have got 6 metres which is mad. I must have either thought I was going to do some massive full-skirted thing or got a deal on a remnant.
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
sounds like a watch-and-see thing to me - the right one will turn up, just gotta be patient fwiw that's the most "wearable" muslin i've seen
fwiw that's the most "wearable" muslin i've seen
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
What you mean is that you can't find anything eithersounds like a watch-and-see thing to me - the right one will turn up, just gotta be patient
Tbh I've got so much fabric I could try the dressing gown pattern and still have enough to do something else if it looks shit.
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
tbf i haven't had a chance to look yet 
will get on it after thursday
will get on it after thursday 
Took a break from binding the corset to begin the summer dress.
Just for once, I bothered to copy some of the the pattern pieces because the bodice is fitted and has quite a bit of variation between sizes. Boring, but I'll use the pattern more than a couple of times so it needed doing.
Just for once, I bothered to copy some of the the pattern pieces because the bodice is fitted and has quite a bit of variation between sizes. Boring, but I'll use the pattern more than a couple of times so it needed doing.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
What's the pattern?
