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Jan. 26th, 2024 09:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
brideoffrankensteinLast night I had a Vision. I have been making my mum's Strata all week and keep thinking how much I've enjoyed the pattern and how fast it's gone, which makes me kind of want my own. Now, the Vision was of my dinosaur silk fabric made up into a big soft dramatic dress with a little golden vest over it [the dinosaur silk is blue green and gold. Will post a picture when I manage to figure out how].
When I bought the dinosaur silk, I also bought the Emporia Patterns Penelope dress, which I thought I would make the silk into. However, the fabric requirements on the Penelope were super vague and I wasn't sure I could actually do it, so I got all in my head about it. Then I made the Penelope up in some block print cotton, and I hated the process of making it because the pattern was just. not fun. But I love the dress so fucking much folks. I love it so much. I was still pretty sure I didn't have the yardage, but last night I was so hugely fixed on the idea of this big gathery dress with huge sleeves, that I thought I would just try to lay the pattern out on the fabric and See if I had enough. I'm pretty sure that I do! I think getting the kind of ankle length skirt I like out of it will be a bit of a struggle, but I think I can do it if I skip any skirt ruffles.
Mods I'm going to make: I'm going to cut the bodice without darts (not the official way. I'm just going to true the sideseams and waist seam up), and I'm going to draft a scoop neck rather than the original v-neck. As I said above I'm also going to skip the skirt ruffles.
I've also decided that I'm going to make the pink fabric with orange birds into the Aurelia blouse from Tauko 6. I'll come back and put a picture, but basically it's a slash-neck boxy blouse with big sleeves. I think I should have more than enough, and might be able to get trousers or shorts out of the rest if I'm extremely careful.
The William Morris canvas is going to become Chanterelle shorts, maybe with some slight mods. There are two views on the Chanterelle with two different ease levels and I'm thinking of seeing if I can make Chanterelle shorts with the ease level of View A, rather than the ease of View B, which is less. I'd also like to see if I can manage to do a flat front waistband with an elastic back, rather than fully elastic all the way around.
Also, Strata update coming this weekend! I know this must be pretty boring with no pictures but I promise I will try and get that to work.
When I bought the dinosaur silk, I also bought the Emporia Patterns Penelope dress, which I thought I would make the silk into. However, the fabric requirements on the Penelope were super vague and I wasn't sure I could actually do it, so I got all in my head about it. Then I made the Penelope up in some block print cotton, and I hated the process of making it because the pattern was just. not fun. But I love the dress so fucking much folks. I love it so much. I was still pretty sure I didn't have the yardage, but last night I was so hugely fixed on the idea of this big gathery dress with huge sleeves, that I thought I would just try to lay the pattern out on the fabric and See if I had enough. I'm pretty sure that I do! I think getting the kind of ankle length skirt I like out of it will be a bit of a struggle, but I think I can do it if I skip any skirt ruffles.
Mods I'm going to make: I'm going to cut the bodice without darts (not the official way. I'm just going to true the sideseams and waist seam up), and I'm going to draft a scoop neck rather than the original v-neck. As I said above I'm also going to skip the skirt ruffles.
I've also decided that I'm going to make the pink fabric with orange birds into the Aurelia blouse from Tauko 6. I'll come back and put a picture, but basically it's a slash-neck boxy blouse with big sleeves. I think I should have more than enough, and might be able to get trousers or shorts out of the rest if I'm extremely careful.
The William Morris canvas is going to become Chanterelle shorts, maybe with some slight mods. There are two views on the Chanterelle with two different ease levels and I'm thinking of seeing if I can make Chanterelle shorts with the ease level of View A, rather than the ease of View B, which is less. I'd also like to see if I can manage to do a flat front waistband with an elastic back, rather than fully elastic all the way around.
Also, Strata update coming this weekend! I know this must be pretty boring with no pictures but I promise I will try and get that to work.
