The finished dress. I suck at arranging these pictures. They may not turn out in the positions I have them here. BUT, one was taken at Great Lakes Medieval Faire last week, one is a close up of the trim on the front of the bodice. One is the center back and you can see where I resolved my pleating problem. I STACKED THE BOX PLEATS in a 5 -8 inch area in the center back. For the full frontal photo, I shoved a plastic sheet in the bodice to keep it flat, my dress form gave it a caved in look. As you can see, the gold underneath isn't as wide as the fashion fabric bodice. Oh well, That's another project for another day.
TRIM:
I had the gold trim in my stash. It's very modern looking, but the perfect length and color. I bought some beads from http://www.purple-sage.net/
The Purple Sage Bead Store on Center in Saginaw Township. The trim has holes and I filled the holes with alternates of red/clear/gold. Then I sewed a little red bead to the top of the trim braid on every second spot where it criss/crosses. If I do it again, I will not use flat beads, unless I learn how to sew them so they stay flat. I used a fairly short 'sharp' needle with a very small eye; and regular thread, single strand.
1 comment:
Glad to see that you got the skirt pleating figured out and finished your dress! I'm curious where the idea for the gold kirtle came from.
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