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My project for June slightly over ran… But no worries as it is for my friend Ita’s leaving party in 2 weeks. I made a shift dress from the lace fabric and then decided to line it.
The material is quite stretchy but nice to work with. I used a zig zag stitch . As it has a beautiful border I had to be very careful with the length of the dress when I cut it out. The material draped so beautifully I decided it had to drape somewhere so cut 2 scarves with the lovely edging at the bottom.
Once I had sewn the lace shift I was not happy with how it looked on the Body and decided I needed to line it properly. Scary moment…. Lining is all new to me!
Luckily the lining was very easy and made a difference. However I had such brain ache trying to work out how to get the lining sewn on around the neck and right side under the lace!
Finally worked it out! I then sewed on the scarf and it looked great until I tried it on! It was so floppy it looked terrible! But I preserved and did some draping and then some hand sewing. I added a button to finish it off! I decided against the original bow idea as it was getting too bulky !
I am really pleased with the finished dress.
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That’s beautiful! I have some lace fabric and have never sewn with it before, am lookign for inspiration!
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Thank you! I haven’t worn it yet. But I am really pleased with how it looks. Lace seems to be everywhere at the moment…. It always looks so elegant I think.
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This is such a beautiful look. I love the lace fabric and it turned out so nicely. It’s very elegant!
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Thank you! I had a look on Linny’s blog. I am now wanting a red D and G dress…… I think you could create one! The Byzantine look is in a magazine I bought yesterday… I think you are on to something! You are ahead of the game….. I’ m sticking with you! 😀
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🙂 Sounds like a great team to me! 🙂
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We can take on the designers of the world! Haha
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I have added a dress image to the post just for you!
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