When Josh picked me up my beautiful (and now broken) typewriter he also grabbed me some 1950's dress patterns.
They are beautiful. . . and falling apart.
I fell in love with the white dress. So I went to my grandmothers and asked for her help and she was more then happy too teach me to sew!
It was a long painful 2day process but I will zip through it for ya.
Step One:
Cut out the fabrics to the correct shapes.
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| Shapes for bodice |
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Shape for skirt
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Then use the serger to make sure they don't become unraveled.
Then sew the pieces
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| Shirt |
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| Skirt (upside-down) |
Connect them, add a zipper.
Oh heavens that zipper. . .it took me atleast 4 times to get it on there right. First it was upside-down. Then it was facing the wrong way. I had to walk away and make Josh some soup before I would even think about touching it again.
But I eventually got it.
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| Unconnected zipper |
Add a shash and BAM you're done.
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| Trim of Skirt |
It didn't end up as 'poofy' as I had hoped but I think I have some tulle laying around that I can fluff it with. So keep an eye out! You might be seeing this dress again!
