The next step is to put what I've currently created on Gina, and see how it fits. The garment is currently open at the back - and will continue to be as that is where I will eventually be putting a zipper in. Once Gina is in the top - I use safety pins to close the back. The hips needed a bit of adjustment so I safety pinned those as well. Once the fit of the garment was correct, we started to add princess seams, and extra fabric to the bottom. The drop waist turned out to be about 5 inches too short - so I will add more length when I correct the patterns. Taking a sharpie, we drew in a new neckline - a sweetheart strapless neckline. This I then cut off the top of the garment to get the look we were looking for. Then we drew in princess seams. I drew them on both sides - naturally which will not come out to be exactly the same. This will be corrected later.
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| Before I removed the top. |
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| After I cut off the top - sports bra's not the best, but oh well.... |
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| Working on fitting the hips. |
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| The bodice on the dress form |
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| ...and a second view |
The next step is to put what I've currently created on Gina, and see how it fits. The garment is currently open at the back - and will continue to be as that is where I will eventually be putting a zipper in. Once Gina is in the top - I use safety pins to close the back. The hips needed a bit of adjustment so I safety pinned those as well. Once the fit of the garment was correct, we started to add princess seams, and extra fabric to the bottom. The drop waist turned out to be about 5 inches too short - so I will add more length when I correct the patterns. Taking a sharpie, we drew in a new neckline - a sweetheart strapless neckline. This I then cut off the top of the garment to get the look we were looking for. Then we drew in princess seams. I drew them on both sides - naturally which will not come out to be exactly the same. This will be corrected later.
2 comments:
Gosh that is a good looking model you have there!! Oh wait, I know her!
Chelsea,
This is SOOOOOOOO AWESOME!!!!!!
Thank you so much for sharing your process with us :-)
Hope to see you this summer!
Love & Hugs - Katie
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