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Sewing: Couture Dress - Fabric Choices
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Couture Dress - Fabric Choices

Third muslin

Fabric Choices
Third muslin
1st muslin
2nd muslin

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This project was made as part of a Craftsy course:
The Couture Dress »
Category: Sewing

Type of item: Clothing

For: Tall

Style: Classic, Retro / Vintage

Materials

I'm using fabrics from my stash for this project. The teal is a slightly stretchy poly/rayon. The print is a poly charmeuse I got from Jo-Ann's.

What was your inspiration?

The teal Maria Pinto dress Michelle Obama wore to the 2008 Democratic National Convention was my inspiration for this project.

What are you most proud of?

So far, I am most proud of my sticking with the muslin process. Fitting my figure has been a process, but I hope the end result will be well worth it!

What advice would you give someone starting this project?

Two pieces of advice so far: You will learn a lot and hang in there!

 

17 comments

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fillyfibe1060792 on craftsy.com
fillyfibe1060792
Jan 20, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
You inspiring me to sign up. I can see if at first it don't work out try,try again. Love your work effort...and your fabric. Your third muslin looks great..can't wait to see you fabric
Diane Mayotte on craftsy.com
Diane Mayotte
Dec 01, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
The third muslin skims your body so nicely. Great fit.
JuliN on craftsy.com
JuliN
Dec 04, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thank you :)
Eva testar on craftsy.com
Eva testar
Nov 27, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Good work. Nice to see someone else making one muslin after another in this class. Im going for my third. Im taking Megs class the Sewing with knits course in between - easy to follow and I have done two Hoodies and a t-shirt without muslin
JuliN on craftsy.com
JuliN
Nov 27, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
I'm glad I've done all the muslin work on this pattern and will have a well-fitted sheath dress pattern to use after all is said and done. Good for you to stick with the process, Eva. I keep hearing that knits are so much easier. I'd love to sign up for another craftsy course if the platform would cooperate with the devices I use. I signed up for J. Stern's fit your tee to a t video class on patternreview in the meantime. Those videos play on any machine I use.
Scheri Manson on craftsy.com
Scheri Manson
Nov 27, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Wow its looking reaaly good. Great idea removing the band. Darn I wish I thought of that. Really makes the shape much more attractive on you.
JuliN on craftsy.com
JuliN
Nov 27, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thanks Scheri. I'm so short-waisted the midriff band looked terrible on me - even after making it thinner. I'm a slow sewer without couture techniques! I'm hopung to have the (final) dress done by Inauguration Day 2013 :).
Craftsissi on craftsy.com
Craftsissi
Sep 27, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Hey there! I love your muslinwork!! Seems like you simply eliminated the waistband which is a good chioce Id say. Makes your upper body look really long and relaxed. Alternatively you could have gone into the skirt with your waistband by just cutting off about 5 cm of the skirtwaist and stick them to your waistband. Just in case you are sorry for leaving away the band. Thank you so much for sharing your fittings!
JuliN on craftsy.com
JuliN
Sep 28, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thanks for the suggestion. I had been trying to follow the lessons exactly & eliminated. the midriff after the 2nd muslin. It just didn't work for my short-waisted, top-heavy self.
JuliN on craftsy.com
JuliN
Sep 28, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thanks for the suggestion. I had been trying to follow the lessons exactly & eliminated. the midriff after the 2nd muslin. It just didn't work for my short-waisted, top-heavy self.
DebKelley on craftsy.com
DebKelley
Jul 22, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Looking good - thanks for sharing!
JuliN on craftsy.com
JuliN
Sep 28, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thank you, Deb :). The process has been very helpful in my sewing learning curve.
JuliN on craftsy.com
JuliN
Sep 28, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thank you, Deb :). The process has been very helpful in my sewing learning curve.
Jrb on craftsy.com
Jrb
Jun 27, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Beautiful fit and fabric selection.
JuliN on craftsy.com
JuliN
Jun 28, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thanks :)
Cissie on craftsy.com
Cissie
Mar 08, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Love your fabric. Can't wait to see the finished product!
JuliN on craftsy.com
JuliN
Mar 15, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thank you!

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