It's been very hot out, and I've not wanted to go anywhere or do much, but I feel I need to be productive in order to keep my sanity.
Since I've made two of the three dresses from the sew-along, and I still have bra burn out, and I don't want to shlep all the way to the hot fabric district to get some slip fabrics, I'm going to do some mock ups.
I've been wanting to take a crack at these two patterns for months. I've always said that 40s Du Barrys are generally bland, but these two I thought were just the bees knees.
Since the skirts are pretty much the same, I'm going to use the skirt on my PPP dress because I love the fit. I love the bodice pieces on these two. They are just so unusual, and even though I love the plain in patterns, the unusual that can be made up ten ways to Sunday is a good find too.
So far I've copied the pieces of the pieces for 5767. I'm planning on grading them today and seeing if I can put together the mock up too. Should not be that hard, so we will see how the heat plays.
What else is everyone working on?
I like the look of those patterns I'm looking forward to seeing them made up.
ReplyDeleteI'm working on a dress, I've done the mock up so I'm about ready to sew it all up.
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I like the 5600 a lot - it reminds me of the bodice on my wedding dress <3 Look forward to seeing how yours turns out. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm working on a new corset and then hopefully a shirtdress with a 40's-ish feel to it.
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They're both really spiffy patterns. That's funny because I LOVE the 40s DuBarry patterns, but they are so hard to find.
ReplyDeleteso i'm late to the "what are you doing" party, but I've been crazy busy with travelling for work! I just wanted to come and say I finally had a breakthrough in the alterations I needed to make to the bra pattern i bought from your etsy shop to make it fit and support me really well. (now i just need to do a final mockup and crank out a bunch of 34J bras in fun fabrics!)
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