My friends, I did say that I'm not a sewer.
My issues here are compounded by the fact that
1) I like to learn as I go.
2) I'm impatient.
3) I strongly dislike anything at all that I view as wasting my time.
So, this dress was made by eyeballing up a dress I purchased and very much like.
My problem with this dress is the skirt. I likely should have flared it out just a bit near the bottom edge, so that it's much more flowy and less.... almost pencil skirt like.
I'm thinking I can either accept this dress as-is and wear it out in public shamefully. Paranoid. Always thinking people are pitying me and my lack of the skillz.
OR
I can attempt a fix.
I have a very limited amount of fabric left (almost a metre). Maybe I can slit up the side hems and add a panel on each side? Add width to the skirt?
Or, would this be a disaster/waste of time/no help at all?
For all my sewing peeps out there: what do you think?
ps: wearing neon green is amazingsauce.
10 comments:
I have almost no sewing skills. One look at that sheer, billowy fabric and I'd be searching for one ready made online. But I admire the way you tackle new things. And though I know very little about the process, I think it looks great as is.
Hmm . . . I think in that kind of fabric, trying to add panels at the seams is just going to look odd -- it's not going to give you the flowy look you want. I don't think the skirt looks bad, actually. If it were me, I'd actually adjust the top instead. Bring in the shoulders a bit, and make it a bit narrower (is it gapping under the arms?). If you make the top a bit narrower / more fitted, the skirt will seem fuller in comparison
I'm not big on sewing, but appreciate the skillz of others. You are dead right- that neon green is amazing, and looks So good on you! It's a great dress.
First, I think you are worrying without purpose about the skirt. It's both cute and fashionable. I'll second ChrisC in saying that adding panels is unlikely to give you a look you like--it will most likely look like an attempt to patch a problem.
I think ChrisC also has a good point about wanting to making the top a little more fitted around the underarms. I'd probably recommend small darts to close up the little gap that happens because our armpits require less fabric than our busts. I don't think the shoulders *need* to come in, but it might be worth considering adding a contrast trim to the neckline to draw the eye up to the part of the dress you like better. Maybe a little bit of knitted lace, if you want a challenge? You could also add trim to the waist if you want to define the separation between bodice and skirt, but I don't think it's necessary.
Really, though, I don't think your sewing skills are as lacking as you think. You've successfully copied a dress without using a pattern and managed to get all the bits sewn together in the right places--that's pretty impressive, really!
I think it looks fine, but I would add a belt, maybe made with the same fabric and some fusible interfacing. The skirt looks fine, but if you have a meter you can always rip it up and make a new one. You can gather it at the waist. Or do a half circle skirt. You could have almost enough fabric and they look gorgeous.
I unfortunately have no tips, but I really think the skirt is cute as is! I don't think it's so fitted as to be pencil-skirt-y, and it really looks like it's supposed to be how it is. It's a very, VERY cute dress and the neon green rocks!
I think it looks just adorbs and no one (but you) would be able to tell it's not exactly what you wanted. Super cute, and you rock that neon green!
You are crazy and ridiculously talented! :) it looks amazing!
I'd just leave it the way it is. i have no sewing skills at all but it looks nice like that.
I used to sew all my clothes. ALL of them, before fabric prices rose and it became cheaper to buy them. When I was learning, the first pieces I made were not really wearable. I kept them, but finally bit the bullet and threw them out.
The next pieces were better. Knowing what to toss is part of learning.
I hope this doesn't make me the meanie. I just thought someone ought to say that throwing things out is not acknowledging failure, just admitting that something doesn't work for you.
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