Thursday night I purchased my string and made my piping for the bodice. Funny how such a small thing like piping makes such a difference on garb. This is something in general I would usually consider skipping in the past. However during my past year of actually studying the garments and learning to appreciate the workmanship ect. I am happy that I took the extra hour to add it.
Here is my piping, since Khestral would not leave my sewing table, I decided he would be my backdrop for the piping.
I don't know if the piping made a huge enough difference for me to actually like how the stripes look on the back.
I don't know if the piping made a huge enough difference for me to actually like how the stripes look on the back.
last night I sewed the bodice together at the shoulders, then I discovered that if I redo the front pieces I can in fact get the stripes to match at the shoulders and have a cool chevron effect instead of the weird thing that I have now.
I do really llike the overall shape of the bodice.
So I have about 4 yards of fabric left and really want to add a ruffle with the stripes diagonal to the vertical stripes. I am going to put the bodice aside and complete the skirt, then if I have fabric and time I am going to redo this puppy until I love it.
That will also give me time to decie whether I would like buttons or hooks and eyes for my front closure. I am leaning a bit towards buttons right now...
Still 2 weeks left to futz over it.
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