Purple Print Dress Construction
Apr. 30th, 2012 06:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mala_14Here are some pictures of the insides of the purple print dress, which is now complete. These are details of the inside so you can see how I put it together and finished it. First, darts and pleats were put in the bodice pieces. Then the fashion fabric and lining of the bodice pieces were treated as one and sewn together.
Here's the front with all the seams bound with double fold bias tape.
The edges were finished using single fold bias tape as facings and were whipped to the lining by hand. I used Wearing History's tutorial for bias facings. It was super helpful, especially for the tricky corner.
The back, with a too-long zipper that I shortened. The facing keeps the zipper edges folded under so that the tab doesn't pull out.
My solution for attaching a skirt lining when the bodice is flat-lined, inspired by historical techniques. (Anyone know a different way?) I sewed the skirt lining to a tape and then sewed the tape in at the waist by hand. This also covers up the seam allowances of the bodice. I could have tacked the skirt lining down around the zipper, but I was pretty tired and lazy by that point, and the fashion fabric was opaque enough that it's not noticeable.
So, those are the insides.
Here's the front with all the seams bound with double fold bias tape.
The edges were finished using single fold bias tape as facings and were whipped to the lining by hand. I used Wearing History's tutorial for bias facings. It was super helpful, especially for the tricky corner.
The back, with a too-long zipper that I shortened. The facing keeps the zipper edges folded under so that the tab doesn't pull out.
My solution for attaching a skirt lining when the bodice is flat-lined, inspired by historical techniques. (Anyone know a different way?) I sewed the skirt lining to a tape and then sewed the tape in at the waist by hand. This also covers up the seam allowances of the bodice. I could have tacked the skirt lining down around the zipper, but I was pretty tired and lazy by that point, and the fashion fabric was opaque enough that it's not noticeable.
So, those are the insides.
