Cotton dress #1
May. 5th, 2010 01:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elizabeth_mnI cut out a new dress yesterday and today I started sewing it (on my half-broken but still kind of working machine) but I ran into a disappointing glitch: the bodice didn't close in front at the waist. When I ripped out one of the front darts on each side, it closed, but now it fits weird.
This is frustrating. I didn't make a mock-up, because:
I tried on the last dress I made with this pattern, and it fit perfectly.
I measured my body.
I measured the pattern's seamlines.
Therefore, it should fit! So why doesn't it? I plan to do a little more tweaking until I have something wearable, but I don't think it will fit as well as the other one (from the EXACT same pattern!). Also, since the last one was a print and this is a solid, this one will show more wrinkles and lumps caused by fit issues.
I wish I had had LJ when I made that other dress. I am getting the feeling that I made some mods that I did not take note of.
I haven't yet made any changes to the pattern, but when I do, I need to remember to record them! I am also thinking I need to spend a little time just refining this basic bodice pattern.
On the upside, I am loving the way the fabrics are looking together!
This is frustrating. I didn't make a mock-up, because:
I tried on the last dress I made with this pattern, and it fit perfectly.
I measured my body.
I measured the pattern's seamlines.
Therefore, it should fit! So why doesn't it? I plan to do a little more tweaking until I have something wearable, but I don't think it will fit as well as the other one (from the EXACT same pattern!). Also, since the last one was a print and this is a solid, this one will show more wrinkles and lumps caused by fit issues.
I wish I had had LJ when I made that other dress. I am getting the feeling that I made some mods that I did not take note of.
I haven't yet made any changes to the pattern, but when I do, I need to remember to record them! I am also thinking I need to spend a little time just refining this basic bodice pattern.
On the upside, I am loving the way the fabrics are looking together!
