Comments | dammitall: Planning ahead

dammitall

Planning ahead

Mar 09, 2008 12:20

We're both getting to the age where our cousins are starting to die off, and he still has aunts and uncles left. Mom will be 90 this year. I figured I'd better make a dress that's suitable for funerals and such. I'm not much of a seamstress, so it has to be a simple pattern ( Read more... )

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sheldonbartleby March 10 2008, 12:07:51 UTC

That's some awesome material. Would do well as a band for a hat.

dammitall March 10 2008, 13:04:49 UTC

Hatband is a great idea. They have all sorts of William Morris fabrics, here: http://stores.ebay.com/CHATSWORTH-COLLECTIBLES_WILLIAM-MORRIS-FABRICS_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ2QQftidZ2QQtZkm

sheldonbartleby March 11 2008, 03:09:51 UTC

William Morris, you say? That is probably why it is good. I've heard good things. If I ever see any of that fabric in NZ, I'll get my mother to make me a hatband for my top hat. Or maybe for the panama...

Michelle Leggott, the poet I am studying with, is partially blind, so I've taken to wearing my panama hat every day, so that I don't have to introduce myself, as she knows exactly as I am when she sees big yellow blur on head. The responses I've been getting about it - somewhat flattering. Happy stew.

mogara March 11 2008, 23:45:44 UTC

CAN YOU MAKE ME ONE FUNERARY DRESS PLEASE.

(never mind. i live with a seamstress)

on my friends page here, its just great - its got stews "sequined dress of bad habits" right there below your dress. maybe its a hint- you need a secret row of sequins somewhere there on your funerary gown. for the party aspect. i forget how irish you are.

dammitall March 12 2008, 00:31:35 UTC

I should do a row of black sequins on the inside hem so there's a hallucinatory flash when I walk.

The planned dress will be a hybrid of here http://www.themexicandress.com/
and here http://www.theanticraft.com/archive/imbolc07/petticoat.htm

I would be happy to send you a pdf of the Mexican dress pattern, if you like. Send me a message with your email addy in it.

dammitall March 14 2008, 16:52:33 UTC

Here's a good tute for the sash: http://fatorangecat.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/how-to-sew-a-double-sided-strap/

dammitall March 25 2008, 01:28:49 UTC

I can sew velcro onto it before I join the sides if I'm not going to make smaller ties off the ends.

dammitall May 3 2008, 01:05:32 UTC

Tried the test dress and as sketched, the flounces are way too cheerful for a funeral dress. Way too.

Maybe something nearly straight up and down with a little 3-inch ruffle at the hem, but no more than that.