Bodice nearly complete!
So this weekend I got to work!
Using McCall's 3940 pattern as a guide, I cut out the pattern peices, transferred them to muslin to modify, and then used inexpensive scrap fabric to make a mock up of the bodice. When I made the first pattern transfer to the muslin, I cut up the front of the pattern into the six pieces needed to make it per the costume. One large panel for the 'belly' part, and then five (one middle, two midpeices and two side peices) for the top bodice. The first time the top was too big, and the neck opening was as well.
I ended up cutting and basting the mock up bodice together a few times before I got it "right". It's not as fitted as I wanted it, but it's fine for a first try, so I'm fine with that. The real challenge was in the fact that the top of the bodice is in those five different sections, which made it difficult to piece together AND get the fit I wanted.
I got the main bodice cut and sewed together on Sunday, and did the double stitching on the top seams with a large measure of success. The rest of it went together rather quickly, and I mocked up the collar by hand with no pattern, fitted and cut that too.
Tonight I did the hemming and ironing, and the only thing left for the bodice top is to add snaps for the collar insert. On doing this again, I see why now that the top of the bodice back and the center front panel are lined - no seams on the collar when it's hemmed. Since so much of the collar is hidden I didn't sweat this detail, as it would have been all but a pita to reassemble when I figured out that I missed this. Measure twice and cut once and all that.
So that's all but finished, and I made a pattern for the arms from scratch tonight. I need to rip the seams out of that and do some cutting for that one as well, but that can wait till Wednesday. After that, it's on to the embroidery, which I need stablizer for and I don't have. Another run to the fabric store for me!
Using McCall's 3940 pattern as a guide, I cut out the pattern peices, transferred them to muslin to modify, and then used inexpensive scrap fabric to make a mock up of the bodice. When I made the first pattern transfer to the muslin, I cut up the front of the pattern into the six pieces needed to make it per the costume. One large panel for the 'belly' part, and then five (one middle, two midpeices and two side peices) for the top bodice. The first time the top was too big, and the neck opening was as well.
I ended up cutting and basting the mock up bodice together a few times before I got it "right". It's not as fitted as I wanted it, but it's fine for a first try, so I'm fine with that. The real challenge was in the fact that the top of the bodice is in those five different sections, which made it difficult to piece together AND get the fit I wanted.
I got the main bodice cut and sewed together on Sunday, and did the double stitching on the top seams with a large measure of success. The rest of it went together rather quickly, and I mocked up the collar by hand with no pattern, fitted and cut that too.
Tonight I did the hemming and ironing, and the only thing left for the bodice top is to add snaps for the collar insert. On doing this again, I see why now that the top of the bodice back and the center front panel are lined - no seams on the collar when it's hemmed. Since so much of the collar is hidden I didn't sweat this detail, as it would have been all but a pita to reassemble when I figured out that I missed this. Measure twice and cut once and all that.
So that's all but finished, and I made a pattern for the arms from scratch tonight. I need to rip the seams out of that and do some cutting for that one as well, but that can wait till Wednesday. After that, it's on to the embroidery, which I need stablizer for and I don't have. Another run to the fabric store for me!
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