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Hello everyone and welcome to a new video!
Here is, compressed into 23 minutes, an impulse decision based on a 30 second TikTok that spun into a week's worth of sewing! Over all, I'm very pleased with this dress - I draped and drafted it all myself, I used entirely stash materials, I went out of my comfort zone and used modern techniques like overlocking, machine embroidery, and machine shirring, and I ended up with a very comfortable dress, in a very flattering silhouette with pretty good finishing! It hits all the spots: a wider skirt circumference, an expanding waistline, a finished inside, a zipper for ease, a pocket for all important snacks... all in all, a success! I had no make a few alterations from the original dress that inspired mainly for two reasons: first, I prefer fuller skirts as I find them more fun and flattering; second, I don't really work with stretch fabrics (the original seems to have some stretch in it), so it was naturally going to be a more structured dress.
The pattern is made of a deep v-neck (surprisingly deep lol), a separate waistband of shirred material, and a six gores skirt with a side pocket and a side zipper. I was able to squeeze this out of 2.5 meters of fabric, 144 cms wide. The pattern will be available to all Patreon tiers soon! The construction, summarised, goes: assemble all bodice seams (leaving a gap for the zipper on your preferred side seam); finish seams in your preferred method (I overlocked everything before sewing); add neckline facing to finish neckline (or finish in preferred way! can just be hemmed too, though harder on a v-neck); shirr waistband panel; attach to bottom edge of bodice, leaving matching gap on a side seam for the zipper; hem bottom edge of sleeves; shirr cuffs; sew up sleeve side seam; gather sleeve head; set in sleeve head; assemble the skirt panels (adding a pocket if wanted) and leaving a side seam gap for the zipper; baste skirt to bodice, try on and adjust if needed; sew waist seam; try on, mark, and hem!
A big thank you to @_samanthamartin ( / _samanthamartin ) on TikTok for giving me permission to share the TikTok that inspired it all - please check out her incredible videos!
Also if you have any more ideas about how to style this let me know down below!
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20 окт 2024
