Hello! How are you all this afternoon? The project for Rachel and I
was to alter a few Regency style dresses for a historical reenactment
our family is visiting this weekend. :) Our good friends lent us all
costumes and their sewing machine (since the *3* we own don't work) so
we were all set.
The dress I was going to wear was way too long,
so we decided to put 2 French tucks in it. Rachel worked on pinning
those, while I measured and pinned another dress.
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| Here is the first dress....it was 7 1/2" inches too long |
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| Here's the first step all pinned and ready to be sewn. :) |
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| Rachel trying to figure out how to thread this borrowed machine. ;) |
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| And you can't get any project done without musical accompaniment, of course. =D |
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| So, this is an odd angle, but here's the "french tuck" or "grow pleat" all done on one of the dresses. |
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| Rachel sewing the 2nd tuck in my dress. |
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| Here's the finished product on your's truly. ;) (funny angle, wot? :P) |
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| It's hard to see the tucks in this one, but the final length was perfect! :) |
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So, it was a successful project, and we both felt good to be sewing after way too long. :) Now, we both are planning other sewing projects and hopefully we'll have a good machine in the near future.
~Sarah
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