I'm beginning work on the sleeves of the red gown. we are going to Derbyshire tomorrow. I probably won't wear the new dress, as it's a 3 hour car ride and I've never been to Derbyshire before AND i'm having husband trouble.
I'm going to keep it as simple as possible.
I found two pieces of scraps for the sleeves. After much fussing with length and seam allowances, I have settled on a design. It is a tube sleeve with buttons on the outside of the top edge that attach to black hair ties sewn under the straps. Also, I made some cording for the top/bottom edges. The seams were miss matched, so hand sewed two pieces of trim to cover them.
Note to self: when using a commercial sleeve pattern, one must be laid WRONG side up, thus giving me a right and left sleeve. As it is, I have two right sleeves. It isn't a tragedy, but next time, do it correctly.
I wore the dress to GLMF, Derbyshire and the State Theatre in Bay City to see Equinnox.
