Category: Senior Options

I spent a very long time today finishing the arm holes. It took a very long time to stitch everything down by hand in a way that was not visible. I also had to fix the seam on the sides of the top because that was where I went a little bit over my seam…

I’m almost done with the top. I had to do a lot of ironing today but so far it’s looking pretty good. I am in the middle of resewing the zipper because I wanted to make the back of the neck a little bit lower. I think the invisible zipper came out alright especially considering…

I had an idea for a different way to do the darts on the front of the dress over the weekend. I decided to do a different kind of dart on my dress, I don’t know if it really counts as a dart but it serves the same purpose. I wanted something that would look…

Today I finished the mock-up for my dress but I think when I make the actual dress I’m going to add an inch or two more to the measurement for the skirt’s width. I also still have to hem the bottom of the dress but I had 44″ muslin and the rest of my fabric…

So the first picture is how it looked at the end of yesterday, there like a weird part in the arm that got misshapen after I added the dart so I fixed it in the final pattern. It’s not perfect because I still have to trim that bit after I sew the dart but it…

I had to do some research to figure out what I was doing wrong with the arm hole because it was bulging out in a weird way. I figure out a way to get it to fit correctly eventually (not pictured). I also spent a fair amount of time trying to figure out what sort…