This is what the instructions say for the small hussif, starting at the top: "Surprise for Grandother. (Smaller images left to right) Lining folded at the top, Bottom and sewing of 2 sides. (Text) Tailor after model A. The top and bottom of the etui (general word for "case" or "box"), cover with a lovely fabric (etoffe), and embroider the flowers using wool. Sew the 2 sides together at the front of the embroidered design (feston = string or chain of flowers). Close with an exterior stitch (bride - similar to a blanket stitch or buttonhole stitch) and a button. Note: the bottom image shows the embroidered design (feston) and the exterior stitch (bride). I hope this helps! xo
I'm low key obsessed with the blanket stitch on the sleeves and the eyelet trim on the collar. The pink yarn adds a pretty pop of color and the eyelet trim adds some softness.
Thank you! Is your Dora short for Nymphadora, too? I had to go with a Harry Potter name for my kitty, so her full name is Nymphadora Tonks, though she probably doesn't know that.
@@LadyRebeccaFashions my 7 year old grandson named her Dora after Dora the explorer because she was a curious little thing when she and her 2 brothers were rescued and eagerly took to exploring her surroundings.
I strangely like the strawberry fabric!! I completely understand why you went with sequins once you bring glitter into the house it will never ever be gone!! There’s a reason people call it craft herpes. Just remember to never say it out loud in front of children they will want an explanation you don’t want to give lol!! Looking forward to all the projects to come.
Strangely? Lol - I'd say according to how popular this dress is right now, there's nothing strange about it! And of course, sequins aren't great either -- I still find sequins from past projects, years later.
I was going to suggest looking for a ”no dart full bust adjustment”, but if you’ve already looked into that, maybe the problem is rather that you might be several different sizes over the upper body. I am, and need to use pattern areas from threee different sizes to get a decently fitting mockup to start off from. Potentially you need to go down a couple of pattern sizes and then add a full bust adjustment that also adds a bit to the front waist only, since you keep having to take out width in the back.
Hey I hope this is not too late, but here is the translation for the french instructions : Cut out the upside and downside of a case for glasses following model A. Cover in nice fabric, and embroider ( cute or delicate ) little flowers with wool yarn. Sew the two sides together with a blanket stich. For closure, add a loop and a button.
Thanks! Yeah, someone else told me the translation said it was a glasses case, too. But it would still make a cute hussif, and served as a nice inspiration for all my pink blanket stitching!
(Too late for this now!) For rotating the dart out, my instinct would have been to rotating it to the waistline, and just let it add to the gathers at the bottom. I’ve also seen tutorials for eliminating rotated darts from patterns for knits by trueing the sides after rotating the dart down. Maybe that’s more of what you were thinking of? Looking at the sleeves, it kinda looks to me like there’s embroidered scissors decorating them? Just a thought!
I guess I'm not sure how to rotate it down? I think I kind of rotated it up. And I don't think they're scissors, since there are scissors around the hem.
Lady Rebecca Fashions here’s an analogy that I hope makes sense- think of the front half-bodice (side seam to center) as being a standard round pizza cut into wedge slices. Only, one of those slices is missing! That’s the dart, and the center where all of the slices meet is the bust point. Rotating a dart is shuffling some of the slices around so that the opening from the missing slice is elsewhere in the pizza. All of the slices are still laying nice and neat with their points in the center and the crusts lining up in a circle with the other crusts. It’s easier to do this on a flat pattern than a mockup because you need to add material where the new dart location will be. Taping on additional paper is easier than cutting a slit in the mockup fabric and basting in more! You take the dart and redraw it so that it goes all the way to the bust point and cut it out just ever so shy of the bust point so you can use that as a hinge. Then you cut a slit where you want the dart to go. Once you’ve done that, using the bust point as a hinge you move the loose piece so the old dart is closed. Now there should be an open space wedge where you want the dart to be-add more material and redraw the dart so that it ends about an inch from the bust point instead of right at it. Tada! Rotated dart. What got my head around the mechanics of rotating darts was a post on Gertie’s old original Blog for Better Sewing. She took a small scale bodice pattern and redrew it on a new sheet of paper, and used a pin in the bust point to literally rotate where the dart was. I’m not sure if YT will let me include a link to the tutorial, but I think it’s still up even though that blog is now defunct. And then another person whose tutorial helped me click for eliminating a rotated dart (for knits in this case) was a RU-vidr called Vintage on Tap. Her tutorials for different types of adjustments are very clear!
@@FlybyStardancer I don't know why I couldn't visualize rotating the dart down yesterday, because I totally can today. I'll have to try rotating down if I run into this problem again. I did the same thing, really, just rotated it up instead.
Thank you for explaining the scalloping! I was very confused by it. Im going to go look up this 'rotating the dart out' thing, that sounds very interesting. The adjustment to the bust-neckline makes a lot of sense, but Im still confused by how it affects the shoulder/armscye?
I almost feel like it's rotating the shoulder a bit to remove the dart. I also tend to have a smaller shoulder width than other people of my size, so that might be part of it?
Your dress is very pretty, if it's not too late now how about doing a double apron, a long plain topped with a short top pinny,all the embellishments would be on the aprons and you would have a nice dress to fancy up for your next event.
Definitely too late. ;) The only embellishments on the dress itself will be the embroidery/applique around the hem, and the blanket stitching on the sleeve, though. Everything else is on the apron.
Check with Cassidy Percoco for the translation of the French hussif description! Also, I agree that the weird thingies on the sleeves could be large hooks and eyes.
Lady Rebecca Fashions Good point! Perhaps using wire hangers to get the outline and then tin foil or even a metallic fabric covering to make the proper silhouette?
the french, as far as i can make out and without proper accents: Vaillez d'apres le modele A, le dessus et le dessous d'un etui (?) a lunettes, recouvrez d'une jolie etoffe, et brodery les fleurettes avec de la laine. Cousez (?) les 2(?) cotes ensemble au frount (?) de feston. Fermez par une bride et une bouton Cut after model A ( view a?), The front and back of a glasses case, recover in a pretty fabric and embroider flowers with wool. Sew the 2 sides together at "front of festoon". (google translate says "at scallop front" ) close with strap and button.
You are very close! The french is: "Une surprise pour Grand mère doublure et dessus dessous et couture des côtés Taillez d'apres le modele A, le dessus et le dessous d'un étui à lunettes, recouvrez d'une jolie étoffe, et brodez les fleurettes avec de la laine. Cousez les 2 cotés ensemble au point de feston. Fermez par une bride et une bouton Which would translate by " A surprise for grandma lining and top bottom and side seam According to the template A , cut the top and bottom of a glasses case, cover with pretty fabric and embroider flowers with wool. Sew the 2 side together with a blanket stitch Close with a strap and button"
