First things first - big shout out to La Sewista for the tutorial she wrote about Hong Kong seams! I don't have a serger so I'm always at a loss as to how to make the insides of my garments look nice. I confess, if it's not lined, I usually just leave the inside seams raw. As my sewing grows I expect I'll need to pay more attention though! Especially if I'm sewing for someone other than myself. So thanks again for such a wonderful post! I think La Sewista's Hong Kong seam technique looks so cool :)
I've always been interested in drawing and especially fashion illustration. When I was little I was always drawing pretty pink dresses with puffy sleeves. So, I bought a few books, some new special drawing pencils and dug out my old sketchbook I had from my motorcycle gang comic drawing phase. I'm not kidding on that one :)
I haven't done much sewing over the weekend as I have a bit of a cold, but drawing seemed like just the thing to do. The picture to the left is my adaptation of Vogue 7521, a dress I'm considering making for my rehearsal dinner in May. I may not wind up with this exact dress, I'll have to see where the fabric takes me. That reminds me, I need to go to the fabric store.
The dress below is Vogue 8408 which I am nearly done with! I have done a lot of modifications on this dress but it is fitting great. Thanks to my darling bf for the help marking the spots it needed to be taken in at! I tried to imitate the fabric and the brown-thread top stitching in the drawing, but I'm not that talented! So I just did the best I can. The fabric is a very loosely woven wool blend with a slight herringbone pattern in brown, cream and ice blue. I am going to love this dress for a long time!
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