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Friday, October 3, 2014

The Dress

A number of you have asked about the dress I did for the sleeve class I taught at the American Sewing Expo. I did get it finished, thankfully!! I decided to make it a teaching tool rather than a garment that I would actually wear. The expo was geared to Cosplay and costumes. The 2 sleeves that I did on the dress both lend themselves to costumes. The class was a lot of fun. I had a small group, so we were able to do quite a bit over the course of the day. A technique that I did during the class was to show them how to take a straight sleeve and turn it into a fitted sleeve. It's really quite simple to do and I will show that to you tomorrow for our Sleeves On Saturday post. There's a sleeve that I would like to do that requires a fitted sleeve, so knowing how to convert a straight sleeve to a fitted sleeve will come in quite handy.
Here's the dress.


It was put on display at the expo, so this picture was taken there. Once I get the dress back, I'll show you more details. I made a bustier to wear underneath. I plan to take the big sleeve off so that the dress will be more wearable.
The sleeve on the right side is actually a 2 piece sleeve. The under sleeve is a basic fitted sleeve and the over sleeve sits away from the under sleeve. This sleeve would look lovely on a jacket, so it will be in one of our upcoming Sleeves On Saturdays posts.
Once I get it back, I'll even put in on for you. Even with the big sleeve, it looks really great on the body.
By the way, I once again used the trusty Butterick 5678 pattern as the basis for this dress. I found out that the pattern has been discontinued. Here's an Ebay link just in case you would like to have one, http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.XButterick+5678&_nkw=Butterick+5678&_sacat=0  This pattern is a great basic pattern that so much can be done with.

15 comments:

  1. Oh my! That dress is more than fabulous! Can't wait to see it on you!! Love, love, love.

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  2. Best Halloween dress ever! I'm dying to see it on you. Very cool.

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  3. I also can't wait to see it up close, in more detail! It looks incredibly artistic, with great style lines ... love it! ... J

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    1. Thanks Judith. I piped all the edges with a velvet cord and it gave just the right touch. I also did a little technique on the piece that goes over the bust so that it will stay in place. I think you'll enjoy seeing that.

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  4. Beautiful work, Rhonda. Can't wait to see you model the dress & bustier. Butterick 5678 should not have been discontinued so soon - it is an excellent pattern, and a great basic piece. I am so glad I picked up an extra copy before they d/c'd it!

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    1. I was shocked when I heard that they had discontinued the pattern. It's one of those patterns that's just a good basic. Oh well, thank goodness for EBay :)

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  5. Fabulous! You have a great imagination!

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    1. Thanks Vicki! The dress was fun to put together.

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  6. Definitely a work of art (or several) in that dress. Wonderful!

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  7. Great job! This is a lovely Halloween dress.

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  8. When I saw that dress at the Expo, I knew immediately that it was your design!

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    1. :) I'm not sure if that's good or bad!! At least I have a recognizable style.

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  9. Rhonda, asked about this on a more recent post, and then went backwards and found it.
    Wonderful!

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