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green_marthaCostumes in the making at green-martha's now :
- the Green Winter Bustle, also known as the Demeter dress
- the HG's victorian vest, which remains unnamed yet
- the Pillow Flower dress
Current state :
- The Demeter dress has been taken out of storage, put onto Karinga (my dress dummy) and taken back from said Karinga. great progress indeed !
- The HG has been measured, the pattern pieces have been found and transfered onto paper (don't want to cut into a pattern I'll probably be using for many of my male friends)
Both projects have been on my to-do list for months/years (the vest was originally intended for my ex, then for my sister's home geek...) and have to be done but..
... the Pillow Flower is soooo much more interesting !
Besides, I've had the fabric for this one (aka the flowery pillow fabric of Doom) for a looong time. Like... two years ? And I'm very proud to say that I haven't changed my mind one single time about what it's going to become ! And I now have the perfect occasion to wear it - and probably the Demeter dress, too. That being my poor justification to starting yet another project.
Here is how the dress looks like right now :
Yep, I got infected with the Roaring Twenties virus !
If you take a look at the other pictures you can guess how much creative piecing and hair-pulling-cutting will go into the dress. Right now the fabric has been pinned onto Karinga to get an idea of the pieces' shape, I've traced the bodice pieces onto my ahem... current muslin (old sheets are good) and cut them out. And I'm currently debating what to do with the back. A deep V would look very dramatic for the occasion but I need to find a bra solution.
The rest of the plan ? golden paint on the brown leaves and black beads her and there and at the neckline to make the whole thing dressier.
Good thing about the Pillow Flower ? I have allt he ingredients in stash, except the paint.
Bad thing ? I *know* I'll be calling the person who decided on the design all kinds of names while working on it. Oh wait, that was me....
- the Green Winter Bustle, also known as the Demeter dress
- the HG's victorian vest, which remains unnamed yet
- the Pillow Flower dress
Current state :
- The Demeter dress has been taken out of storage, put onto Karinga (my dress dummy) and taken back from said Karinga. great progress indeed !
- The HG has been measured, the pattern pieces have been found and transfered onto paper (don't want to cut into a pattern I'll probably be using for many of my male friends)
Both projects have been on my to-do list for months/years (the vest was originally intended for my ex, then for my sister's home geek...) and have to be done but..
... the Pillow Flower is soooo much more interesting !
Besides, I've had the fabric for this one (aka the flowery pillow fabric of Doom) for a looong time. Like... two years ? And I'm very proud to say that I haven't changed my mind one single time about what it's going to become ! And I now have the perfect occasion to wear it - and probably the Demeter dress, too. That being my poor justification to starting yet another project.
Here is how the dress looks like right now :
Yep, I got infected with the Roaring Twenties virus !
If you take a look at the other pictures you can guess how much creative piecing and hair-pulling-cutting will go into the dress. Right now the fabric has been pinned onto Karinga to get an idea of the pieces' shape, I've traced the bodice pieces onto my ahem... current muslin (old sheets are good) and cut them out. And I'm currently debating what to do with the back. A deep V would look very dramatic for the occasion but I need to find a bra solution.
The rest of the plan ? golden paint on the brown leaves and black beads her and there and at the neckline to make the whole thing dressier.
Good thing about the Pillow Flower ? I have allt he ingredients in stash, except the paint.
Bad thing ? I *know* I'll be calling the person who decided on the design all kinds of names while working on it. Oh wait, that was me....
