Thursday, December 26, 2013

Back again...I hope!..

Wow,, over a year has gone by, it wouldn't be so bad,, but it went by so fast...

I have still been sewing, will have to post some pix soon,, for both Holly and I... (I hope that is correct grammar, hehe..)

Ok enough chit chat.. you want pictures.. I haven't smocked in like 10 yrs, well a lady I work with had a baby,, and I couldn't think of anything to get her,, I know, I should ask,, well when I remembered to, I found out she supposedly had everything she needed.. So, me being me,, I thought, what is thing I can do that no one else that got her something does.. Sew, and then I thought it has been a long time since I made a little girls dress,, so thats what I made....

                                      The material is a gray quilting cotton with white dots,,

                                             
                                                    The hem has little flowers on it as well.


 It has been so long since I made a little dress,, I cut out the lining,, but forgot to put it on at the right time,, I had the center back turned under and sewn in the back skirt when, and was getting ready to do the neck when I realized I forgot the lining, so I had to hand stitch it to the back... Oh well, it gave me some good practice doing hand stitching which I will use soon on a jacket...


I had originally pleated the skirt with the top,, but a 45 in wide front,, and back,, was going to make WAY to big of a skirt,, so I guessed how much to cut off for a seam for the smocking band,, 1 in... Then I had a crazy idea,, instead of just sewing the skirt onto the band,, why not make the bottom piece a ruffle... 



Oh me and my ideas,, good grief, as if smocking isn't tedious enough... Now I have to hem this thing,,,and inch at a time.. same with with sewing it....


But it actually went fast,, and easier than I thought... 


It worked... rather well I might add.

Then I serged the skirt front, and top stitched it to on...





4 comments:

glorm said...

Yes, it has been a year. I checked your previous one and it was about your problems with the new Blogger. Guess you figured it out.

That dress is cute. You put a lot of work into it and it turned out great.

sewbluetiful said...

Nah,, I just forgot what the old interface was like, so I don't have to worry about it now,, lol

Yes, it was a lot of work,, but it got me back into smocking.. :-)

Bunny said...

GReat save on the lining. Hand stitching always works. I love how your did the insert with the ruffle.

Skirt widths on heirloom garments are usually extremely wide with two widths of fabric. I like the look but that's too much for a baby girl, for sure. My granddaughters have told me the dresses are heavy but they love them anyway.

Keep up the smocking!

Anonymous said...

You've created a beautiful dress and I LOVE the ruffle at the bodice/skirt join! What a great idea and lovely way to take advantage of the extra fullness from smocking. I've not seen this before, and will try to remember your ruffle when I do my next bi-centennial smocking lol! Thanks for sharing! Linda S.