8th December 2012 - Weekend

Well, my project was quite successful. I spent some time today working on my lace bodice. It went very well, however - well, it's a bit tight.

However, I took a few pictures throughout the process. I was actually very satisfied how it went. I thought it would be more difficult to sew up lace and that it would constantly move around while trying to be sewn up. It left my tracing sheet on it and sew slightly over it. It actually help a lot. Just a real pitty it's a bit tight. Found something in Dunnestores, I'd say I will buy it on Sunday after the Children's Christmas Party.

Right, here are the pictures:

I only realised later on that I should have used the flash on my phone to make better pictures. What I did here was putting a t-shirt that fits me well onto ordinary wrapping paper and pin it down. Then I cut around it, with a seaming allowance of 1 to 1.5 cm.

Afterwards I put down the wrapping paper cutout on the doubled lace fabric and also pinned it down.

This is how the lace bodic looked like after the intitial sew-up. Looked really pretty at this stage. I took the wrapping paper piece and put it back on the t-shirt. I traced the neck shape and cut it out, placed the paper piece back on the sewn up lace bodice.

Well, this is the result. I can put it on but ... well, as mentioned above it's a bit tight around the waste. I can get it over my head but once I have it rolled over my chest it starts getting tight. I'd say I've have choosen the wrong fabric. It's a very stretching fabric but only in the length, not width.

I learnt a few valuable lessions from it. Next time, I will try something else.

Tomorrow is the big day with the kids. Somehow, I am looking forward to it.

Catching up on "Arrow" now, hoping to get a few more emails from classmates regarding our presentation for Tuesday.