I didn't quite get as far as I wanted, but it was my older brother's birthday, and I had to bake a cake--
And make cheeseburgers. So instead of finishing the dresses and starting on the pinafores, I just managed to get from where I was yesterday, remember?
Yep. Collar, fancy stitching, lace sewn on, basic bodice assembly done. Today, I attached the cuffs (lots of handsewing there!), the skirt, had to fix an oops, sewed on more lace, hemmed it, and generally did all the finishing work. So we went from what's on the left to this--
For all that this is the Psycho Billy Christmas dress, I think I'm getting more classic and timeless. But doing it this way was the only way I could get what I want.
As for the oopsie, well, I got to the hem and measured the dresses, only to find that I'd made Grace's three inches too short, and Nicole's was five inches too short! I didn't have enough fabric to redo the skirts, so I added a band to the bottom and then sewed lace over the join.
I'd intended on topstitching the hem and hiding that with the lace, so it just required the slight adjustment of hand hemming them--which isn't always the easiest thing to do with CRIN!
I know these could use sashes, but since I'm doing a pinafore, it would make tying them awkward. As many eras as these are, this will be Nicole's first vintagey-modern dress!
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