So I just might not let go of the liberty Heidi idea, so I grabbed a couple of hours late Friday night as well as early Saturday as well as threw this together.
This is not one of my preferred liberty prints — I believed it was called “Bourton,” however googling “Liberty Bourton” showed me something different, so who understands which one this is. It was, however, a best option for a muslin, being 1) precisely the ideal weight, 2) something I would wear if the experiment worked, yet 3) not something I would be extremely unfortunate to lose if I ended up throwing it away. I’m quite sure I gotten this on eBay from somebody who was de-stashing, so it was likewise cheap.
I ended up adding about 4.5 inches to the center pieces of the front skirt as well as to the back — they’re both cut on the fold, so it wasn’t hard.
I ended up not lining it in any way — I completed the bodice with bias binding cut from the exact same fabric, utilizing the Dread Pirate Rodgers’ exceptional instructions. (The only problem was that the liberty yard is extremely slippery, so it’s difficult to mark with a pencil — the pencil drags the material along. I ended up utilizing chalk, which has a tendency to clean off. Suboptimal, all around.)
I’m not sure why I’m showing you the side view, as this is such a hectic print you most likely can’t even see the midsection seam!
Somehow I handled to get the gathers off-center on the back; I’ll wear it when as well as choose whether I like the method the gown works with the gathers before I rip it out as well as re-do it:
Problems: aside from getting the gathers off-center in the back, I likewise didn’t gather the entire center front piece of the skirt — I only gathered between the pleat markings. I believe it would look much better with the entire section gathered.
I’m going to try to wear this gown this week, weather condition permitting (ah, who am I kidding, I online in California now, it’s the most permissive weather condition on the planet), as well as we’ll see exactly how it works. If it works, this is going to be excellent — it takes SO bit fabric, comparatively, that it opens up a great deal of liberty as well as novelty-print possibilities …
Labels: erin_sewing, experiments, Heidi, Liberty
Share this:
Twitter
Facebook
Like this:
Like Loading…
Related
Liberty Heidi UpdateMarch 22, 2010With 26 comments
Fabric buying in Japan: Liberty!August 5, 2008With 56 comments
Fear of the concern of FailureMay 1, 2008