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Nearly done
Jun. 1st, 2011 07:45 amJust buttons and buttonholes left to do on my little girl's Victorian dress.
It ended up being based on a ‘sack apron’ from the 1882 Butterick pattern book reprint. I added a wider hem ruffle, and cut it on the bias, but otherwise, it’s basically the same. So I made it as a dress, not an apron, but really, when the apron looks just like a dress, what’s the difference? It has the gathered skirt back with a sash.
I am starting to get the dropped waist thing, a little. A wide hem ruffle on a tiny person has basically the same effect as a dropped waist.
( The back and more )
I love the block-in-the-face photo. You just can’t plan that!
So far I think she likes it a lot. We've had to do maybe 3 or 4 fittings and she seems quite excited! High praise from a not-quite-2 year old.
It ended up being based on a ‘sack apron’ from the 1882 Butterick pattern book reprint. I added a wider hem ruffle, and cut it on the bias, but otherwise, it’s basically the same. So I made it as a dress, not an apron, but really, when the apron looks just like a dress, what’s the difference? It has the gathered skirt back with a sash.
I am starting to get the dropped waist thing, a little. A wide hem ruffle on a tiny person has basically the same effect as a dropped waist.
( The back and more )
I love the block-in-the-face photo. You just can’t plan that!
So far I think she likes it a lot. We've had to do maybe 3 or 4 fittings and she seems quite excited! High praise from a not-quite-2 year old.
