 I made my way over to the Bhatia Cloth House for the first time last weekend, and I am so thrilled with the things that I found!  The Cloth House was really beautiful and they had tons of gorgeous fabrics, as well as sarees and other fancy dress. The costumer service was really lovely, and I can't wait to make my way over there again to pick up more fabric!  This red and gold brocade is stunning, and a bit darker than the photo shows  Silk is so difficult to take pictures of! This one is more of a turquoise than a pure blue  This photo is actually pretty close to the real thing! I love that it can look purple or pink in different spots I do have plans for all of the pieces that I picked up, but the only plan I will tell you about is for the mens suiting.  Not only did I pick up fabric from the Cloth House, but I also ordered a few patterns not long ago. The 1940s pants are what I will be making with the mens suiting wool, and there is so much of it that I am hoping to also get a pencil skirt or blazer out of it!  The drawing on the left are the pants that I am going to make with the mens suiting material Both of the patterns are from Simplicity. I have ordered a few patterns from Simplicity now, and they have always been great. The patterns have come quite quickly every time as well, which is very nice when ordering things online!  And there is more! My boyfriend just got back from Vietnam, and he brought me back such beautiful things! He had an Ao Dai (traditional clothing from Vietnam) made for me, and I was given the extra fabric left over from that along with another chunk of fabric!   And here is the ao dai! You can't see details here, but it is made of the red and white fabric in the photo above this, and it is paired with red pants Stay tuned for lots of exciting new projects!
~K
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It only took me more than half a year, but I finally have everything to show you some of the behind scenes when it came to making the Dream Dress for MakeFashion!  All of these pictures were taken by me, once the dress was done before the electronics were put in The reason that this post took so long to become reality is that I actually lost the photos of the dress in progress. Thankfully, I found them so I can give you a bit of an idea of what the inside of the dress looks like, since it actually has more detail on the inside than it does on the outside!  The skirt has gores in the bottom to give it some more volume  This is on the inside of the skirt. You can see how the outside is sewn onto the lining to make it into a bubble skirt, and there is a zipper between the lining and outside fabric. The zipper was sewn in to ensure that we could access the wiring on the inside and remove it for cleaning  The collar also has an opening in it for wiring, but this time I put in snaps, just since I thought a zipper might make the neckline too stiff. Unfortunately, the collar did not end up working for the show, but the option is there to add in other lights if needed  The armholes were very nicely finished with bias binding... for about three days. At the rehearsal we discovered that the arms were too small, and we had to cut into them and re-hem it. It did end up working though!  And here is the opening at the neckline! This dress had a bit of an unusual opening, with the zipper at the front instead of the back or side. It works really well though, since it ends up being hidden by the collar  Not long after finishing up the actual construction, I put on the 3D spikes as well as the sparkles The whole process of making this dress for MakeFashion was such a great experience, and I learned so many new techniques! I am very excited to hopefully be able to work with them again.
~K If you would like to see pictures of the final project, here is a link. I filmed the whole process of making my 1940s styled dress from yesterdays post. If you have any questions about the process, or if you want to see more videos like this, let me know! To see more photos of the finished dress, click here. The music is from bensound.com ~K
  I have finally finished my wool suiting 1940s dress that I have been planning on for a while, and I am really pleased with how it turned out!  The dress pattern that I used is the Vintage Vogue pattern V9082. The whole pattern fit very well, and the only adjustments that I had to make were to the darts. That was an easy fix to ensure that it fit me perfectly, and the rest of the dress went together quickly.  The pattern called for a hidden zipper, but I prefer to set the zipper in normally because that makes it stronger, and I have had the issue of hidden zippers getting caught.  One detail that I am very proud of is the matched front panels. This happened completely by accident, and I love how it looks.  The sleeves have two pleats in them to create a 1940s silhouette without any padding.  There are so many photos that I like from the photo shoot, so I will put a break and you can see more if you would like.
Also, stay tuned for a video about how I made this dress over the next few days!  Last year in Art Class I created a paper dress, and I made another one this year. They were quite fun to do, but at the time I was a bit disappointed with how they came out, specifically the first one. After putting it away for a year, I am less critical about how I look at it.  My apologies for the plastic hangers on the right... the pictures were taken in the closet where the dress lives at the moment. The second one that I made this year still needs some repairs before I can take pictures of it, but I will post photos of that as well.   The dress was made out of newspaper, anaglypta (a 3D wallpaper), and scrapbook paper. The shape was inspired by 1880s bustle dresses, and it was made in about a week of classes. There were a few things that I also had wanted to do to the dress, but I had run out of time in class to do them, so the dress stayed like this. After not seeing it for a while, I felt better about how it turned out, but I still wanted to try out a few new techniques, so I made another dress this year. Once I have fixed it up and taken photos, I will post about that one too. ~K
 I finally took a few photos of my finished Regency stays! They are three layers of cotton with very minimal cording at the front. The entire garment is hand sewn.  I wore it here with my 18th century chemise  This was a bit of a stash-busting project, so everything except for the bias binding was from my stash. The stays were also drafted by me, based off of a few Pinterest photos of original stays from the 1810s.   The middle and lining fabrics are a brown cotton that is from worn out sheets, so it is tough fabric. The front white fabric is a white cotton that I have had for ages. I decided to bind the stays in turquoise for fun, since binding is such a long and sometimes tedious job.  Next up in my Regency wardrobe I need to make a petticoat. This will be another stash-busting project, since I have the perfect materials for it already. I would also like to make a summer spencer (basically a short coat) out of a light blue linen that I have, and I also would like to make a few changes to my dress that I posted about here.  A close up of the inside of the stays  Here you can see the gussets and cording in more detail  Some of the eyelets that were hand done. I am very proud of these, since I am slowly getting better at them ~K
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