Vogue 1107, Got It!

I got a steal on the Vogue dress 1107 that I spotlighted in this post. The description says it is a lined, A-line dress, fitted at the bust, above knee length. It has edge stitched princess seams, welt pockets with flaps, pleats with underlays and bound buttonholes. It says it is "advanced", but never to shy away from a pretty pattern I think I can tackle it.

I will probably do it in a black as the pattern front shows, mainly because I am partial to black. I don't have the fabric yet and may save a bit so that I can get better materials to work with. It suggests Peau de soie, lightweight garbardine and shantung with china silk for lining. Since I sew on a budget I probably won't be getting silk, but some compatible fabric with the same drape. Most likely I'll sew this first in a poly satin of some sort or find a lightweight garbardine as suggested. Lining will be poly, no doubt.

I don't know when I will get around to sewing this but it only goes up to a size 20 and I'm a 22 so I will have some alterations to do on it to grade it up to my size.

I also managed to pick up another 3 yards of denim to make another pair of jeans. I know I have yet to post about them, but it is coming up. I still have yet to hem them.

Lots of Sewing! Part 1

I have a huge update to do and here is the first parter:

The Little Girl Dress



I made this dress for my niece, before I left on a rather short-lived vacation. I ended up coming home early, but I was still able to give her the dress. This is a size 3, although she is a little bit smaller than that, but the pattern didn't go to a size 2. It's McCalls 3949 View C. It is lined in the bodice, and has a petticoat in a contrast color. Ed actually picked out the dress fabric which is a polka dot chiffon. The lining fabric and what was used for the petticoat was simple broadcloth.
Ed also picked out the buttons:



The ruffle took the longest to do, but it was just from the quantity of fabric used rather than it going wrong or anything. It actually went rather quickly since I used a technique I learned on Sewing With Nancy tv. You take a thick button or upholstery thread and do a small zig zag over top of it, without catching it in any stitching. Then once you're done you use that to pull along to gather the ruffle. It was the first time since I watched it that I was able to use it. It came out perfect the first time!