Purple dress toile

Here is how I made the toile for my purple dress.

 



 

For this dress I used the same bodice pattern as my bow dress, and sewed together. however for this dress I left the side open.

 

 

to create the skirt pattern I drew a rectangle the length of the skirt of my dress and left one side open as I was creating pleats, I decided to double pleat this as it would give it more volume. I drew the first section as a cut on the fold as was about 3cm wide I then sectioned of the next part double that (6cm) and repeated this about 11 times, I then added 1cm SA and cut this out.

 

 

After that I cut it out of the fabric and then sewed one seam to gether and pressed. 

 

 

 

 

I then pleated the skirt but doubled to create more volume and ironed in place.

 I then tacked the pleats to keep them in place.

 

 

I then pinned the skirt to the mannequin and saw it was too big, I wend back and placed the pleates so they were closer together and that fixed the problem.

 

I then sewed the bodice to the skirt the same as my bow dress and then attatched a concealed zip at the right side seam.

 

Thanks for reading!!

 

Jenny xxx

 

Bow dress toile

 

Here I used my bodice block from the Ice cream shirt, I removed the darts completely and turned them into 4 panels two front and two back with a 1cm SA.

 

 

For the skirt I drew a right angle to create a quarter of my circle skirt, I had to calculate the waist measurement, however I was told it is usually 12cm for a size 12 block (roughly a British size 10) but as the skirt was a double circle skirt to create more volume, I halved this.

The correct way to find this measurement can be found on many websites however I am far too confused to go through them once I find a decent explanation I will make another post on making a circle skirt.

 

I then tied some string to a pencil measured my waist measurement and held this at the centre point of the rectangle, I then drew the circle and also added a 1cm SA.

 

I then measured how long I wanted my skirt and marked this on the line I then put the string that length and drew the curved hem and added 1cm SA.

 

 

I then added a 1cm SA on one side and left the other as it will be cut on the fold.

 

I then cut this out of my fabric 4 times trying to save as much waste fabric as possible.

 



 

After cut out I sewed them together leaving only one seam open.

 

For the last seam I sewed up half way leaving room for the zip.

 

For the bodice I cut my pattern pieces out of my fabric.

 

I then sewed them together leaving the back seam open for the zip.

 

 

After I sewed the bodice I attached that to the waist of the skirt wrong sides together.

 

 

I then attached a concealed zip to the centre back of my dress.

there was a gap where the seams matches as there was a bit of bulk in this area.

 



 

for the gathered front I traced over the front bodice I used for the icecream shirt and extended this to about 60cm

 

I then gathered this piece and then sewed it on to the side seams, for the final I will sew this into the seam.

 

 And that is my toile completed! Thanks for reading!!

 

Jenny xxx

Fitting my dress

My dress is now fitted to my model fellow student Hanna-lou I didn't have much to take in thankfully so only some small changes had to be made and will soon be ready or me to attach my rhinestones. 

 Here is the dress on the model Jess I will use for the photo which will be taken on tuesday the week after the fashion show 

Thanks for reading!! what do you think of my dress so far??

Jenny xxx

Creating My Shoulder Piece

I have now created the shoulder piece for my dress by over locking the edges of my fabric and then draping the fabric n the stand to see how I wanted the fabric to fall, I decided I preferred the diagonal to the straight pleats so I pleaded the fabric on the bias and sewed a line down the middle to keep in place.

I will be leaving this as it is until I fit my dress to the model then I can see how I will attach this to the dress. 

Thanks for reading! what do you think about my shoulder piece?? 

Jenny xxx

Dress Update

Just another quick update on how my dress is coming along so far I have pretty much completed the outer dress I just have my lining to complete and sew in and the shoulder piece and Im ready for fittings week.

Thanks for reading!

Jenny xxx

Marilyn Photoshoot Images

In a previous post I posted the making of my Marilyn Monroe style dress, I finally got some images back from the photographer and I'm really happy with the out come. 

I think that this is my favourite photo he gave me. 

This is the image the photographer Paul edited, I will definitely be getting this printed for my portfolio.

Thanks for reading! What do you think of the photos??

Jenny

Dress Update

Another quick update on how my final dress is going with some images

Here I used pink thread when I should have used white, I unpicked this and resewed the line.

these flower shapes are to be cut out of the fabric.



Thanks for reading! I will be posting more often when I have an Internet connection at home!

Jenny xxx