11/08/12
I'm coming out of my sewing funk...I had fun with my five day steampunk project and now I'm sewing bow ties. I've started the Book Dress with a mock up using the Truly Victorian bodice, but I've made changes to how I cut the pattern -- I will discuss that more below.
I made some changes in how I want the final product because I realized I really didn't like the stripe on the sleeve on the original book cover dress. I did the best I could do with my kindergarten like art program to change the picture to more of how I want the dress. So the bottom line, it is no longer an "exact copy."
I began my mock up by setting up my dress form with my corset at the desired waist size, my TV bustle and my TV skirt from another costume so I could get an idea where things would fall. I cut the bodice pattern just a size larger than my usual pattern size so I could get a lot of adjustment. I already know that my bust-waist ratio requires extra fiddling with patterns and that I am short waisted so that requires some adjustment as well.
I cut the TV pattern mockup without the back folds since this pattern appears to stop at the waist. I will also add hooks and eyes at the waist to keep the skirt joined with the bodice. Here are photos of the mock up at stage one....big and loosly pinned with only some beginning adjustments, note dart at bust:
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