Butterick 5599: Update

This has been a really fun make so far, and I'm so happy with the results i'm getting already.
When cutting out all my pattern pieces I realised I wasn't going to have enough interfacing without buying some more, which I can't do until the weekend. So I decided to sew up as much as I could until then.

This is the front of the skirt which has 6 small pleats at the centre, there are also 2 deep pockets either side.

This is as far as I could get the outside fabric without needing my interfacing, but I have sewn up the lining all ready which should save me some time at the weekend.

Please excuse the crinkled lining! It will all be ironed out rest assured! You may also be thinking why has she used black, blue & brown lining? Well, I wanted to use brown & black originally, but ran out of black lining for the skirt. The only similar colour I had in the length I needed was navy, so I've ended up with a bit of a mis-matched lining, but hey! It's only gonna be me who sees it?

So now I'm a bit of a sitting duck until the weekend but I can never stay still when it comes to sewing and have already drawn up a few more ideas to round up the palette challenge. Stay tuned as tomorrow I'll be sharing them! 



Spring/Summer Palette Challenge: The Dress

Holy moly, I am excited for this one. I have had this material & pattern matched up in my head for a while, but it's one of those projects that you just never really end up getting around to? Not this time!
I bought this pattern quite spur of the moment, and was initially drawn to the interesting bodice & the deep looking pockets.

I've been quite jealous of all the people that have made Gerties Bombshell Dress, but i knew i'd never get around to buying to the course (I'm just lazy really!). Seeing this pattern made me think of her design so I thought why not?

I like the idea of having a contrasting colour outlining the bodice, so I'm making version B.

For my fabric I've chosen the rather bright orange/black African wax cotton I picked up in a closing down sale from a fabric shop that's been located in my hometown ever since I can remember (very sad).
I'm going to stick with black cotton as the contrasting fabric.

I'm gonna warn you all now, this pattern is NOT for the faint hearted. There are 20 pattern pieces, then there's the lining & interfacing as well! I'm currently in a sea of fabric & tissue paper.

However I am excited to get started on this as despite the amount involved it looks like the construction should be really interesting.

I also wanted to quickly share something I came across while I was re-hemming a 1950's dress for my car show stall, I realised something very familiar about the thread I was using.

On the instructions of one of my 1950's blouse patterns there is an advert for this exact thread!

I thought it was pretty cool that I was using 1950's thread to repair a dress from the same era?!