sewing

[ricardienne]

It has been way too hot to even think about trying to drape a pattern for the fitted part of my dress, so I have been making a shirt out of the free cloth I got at that garage sale a year ago. [Because I am good about citing my sources: I more or less am following the instructions here.] I could have sworn that I barely had enough cloth, but, as I am assembling the pieces, it turns out that I am going to have a shirt of Immense Pouffiness. I think that I will be able to wear it with normal clothes, although when you always wear long skirts like I do, any kind of blouse that looks even vaguely historical makes you look like you wandered in from some sort of living history demonstration! Also, I am afraid that it will shrink when I wash it, making it less pouffy, but perhaps makeing the collor/cuffs too tight as well.

This is really turning into half dress diary, isn't it? All I need is a cat and a digital camera and I would be all set!