Hi Everyone!
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Meet the silk dress that refused to take a good photograph! This was a good lesson for me that sometimes prints are just not editorial. So, despite the fuzzy pictures, I will persevere. I spent too much time on this one to let it go.
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The original dress (silk, by Jeremy Spenser) had 3 layers of ruffles, the first being asymmetrical. Way too fussy for me. I wanted to make it a top to wear over jeans. Mission accomplished, but it looks much better in person than it does in pictures. Taking pictures of my finished product is actually the hardest part of blogging for me. I often feel awkward and self-conscious. Modeling is really hard!
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The following is the tutorial:
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1) Cut off the bottom 2 ruffles. The bottom ruffle is the longest so that is the one I planned to apply to the bodice.
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2) Open up the side seams of the dress and the lining to the point where the new bodice seam line will start.
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3) Trace baste the new bodice seamline around the front and the back. Cut off the top layer leaving enough for seam allowance. Don’t cut the lining. You still need it.
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4) I had to add a strip to the lining as the dress was originally a little too snug (Ahem! Maybe it is time to watch the ice cream intake Mary.)
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5) Add the ruffle back to the new bodice seam line. I didn’t want to remove the zipper so I attached the new flounce with tiny stitches to the new zipper.
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