Finishing Touches

Over the past few days I have been spending my time trying to finish of my garments ready for the fashion show which is this week.

First I finished the vest to go under my Black Widow Coat by hemming the bottom and bias binding the edges.

Then I took the Funnelweb skirt in and made the amendments that I needed to make after my fitting.

I then tried to solve the problem that I had with the bottom of my Tarantula dress.  I unpicked in and I feel that it has been inserted a lot better now.

I then started to put my coat together.  I attached the under side of the collar to the back, then I inserted the sleeves and the bottom of the lining into the coat.

Next I inserted the zip which I had a few problems with as I inserted it the wrong way around the first time.

Next I closed the final part of of my coat which I had a few problems with as it was too thick to go under the machine so I ended up hand stitching it.

This is my coat finished.  I am pleased with the result and I feel that it looks effective.

Tarantula Dress

You may have seen in my previous post that I am doing an extra dress for the fashion show as I finished early.  Well here is the next steps..

I looked at the chiffon panel and noticed that it looked baggy and untidy.  I then noticed that I had added seam allowance to the fold line of my pattern; so I amended this and re-cut the piece.

I then inserted the new piece.  As you can see below it still looked untidy above the bust.  So with help from my tutor we finally got it right.

I was then able to create the cowl for the back of my dress using the method 'Modeling on the Stand'.  When I was pleased with the drape I was able to mark the piece and create a pattern from it.

I then attached it to the rest of the dress using french seams where necessary.

I am really pleased with the cowl and I feel that this helps to link the dress to my Orb Weaver Shirt.

Next I top stitched around the two chiffon pieces so that the seam allowance would not be seen through the chiffon.

I inserted my invisible zip, which I had a slight problem with as the teeth weren't inserted into the zipper foot properly when I sewed it so I unpicked it and did it again correctly.

As the arm holes were over hanging slightly I marked the new edge and I used the domestic overlocker which is set up to do a rolled hem to finish the neck line and the arm holes.

I am really pleased with this dress and I am looking forward to seeing it complete after fittings week.

Extra Garment

As I finished my collection early I have been able to manufacture an extra garment.  So I designed another dress.

First I chose the dress block to create my patterns; I then made adaptations such as inserting panels and changing the neckline to create my patterns.

Due to the time constraints I am going straight into final fabric rather than toiling first.

I sewed the panels together.

I then attached the chiffon to the top.

I then fitted the dress to the mannequin as it didn't fit nicely.

 This is the dress so far and I haven't had any problems yet.