Well, our play opens tonight – which means that all of my toiles have been turned into garments, and everything is fit and ready to go! Now I get to play catchup and post some fun things.
This dress ended up being my absolute favorite – the combination of the dress design and the fabric made it the perfect little 1930′s day dress. My post about the toile is here – here’s the finished product!
A few notes: the dress was done using a combination of vintage techniques, theatre techniques, and modern sewing techniques. A colleague showed me a super easy way to do machine rolled hems on chiffon last year, so the sleeves are machine hemmed. The skirt is hand-hemmed using hem tape (I love hem tape!). All internal pieces are serged around the edges and then stitched, for durability and to give us the option to alter at a later date for another production.
Unfortunately, the pleats at the front and back don’t show up well in the chiffon – but it’s still super cute!
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Lovely job! and, I couldn’t help noticing, awesome shoes!
Love dress & pattern – would wear it in a flash if I could get into it!
You did an amazing job! I love it! I have been trying to figure out if I can make that for myself. I’m pretty new to sewing so maybe I’ll put that on the “to do” list for later on
Oh my, how exciting! I’m sure you’ll be relieved when it’s all over!
Yes and no – I’ve loved working on the projects, but the long hours in the shop are starting to be a little draining. I’m looking forward to some well deserved time off soon!