Been busier than any type of number of hectic things you might mention (the devil in a high wind; an English oven at Christmas; a bag of fleas) as well as so stitching has taken a backish seat, however I have handled to make a few much more Seamwork Veronicas (the panel version for subscribers).
Today I handled to take photos of one of them that’s been in process for a couple weeks (this is really a extremely quick pattern to sew, it takes a couple weeks if you only get ten minutes a day to sew in …).
Forgive the foreshortened point of view … here’s the bodice:
The pockets:
The waistband:
More topstitching:
The back shirring:
And the whole back:
You may be saying, “huh, Erin, I don’t keep in mind the Veronica gown looking rather like that” so right here is a (not-exhaustive) listing of the things I have altered:
added 2 inches to the center front as well as back skirt to ensure that I might get much more fullness
changed the pockets from the kangaroo kind to actual scoop pockets in the skirt side panels
omitted the center back seam in the bodice, skirt, as well as waistband as well as just cut whatever on the fold
did a FBA (full butt adjustment) on the center back to keep the skirt from being shorter in the back than the front
shortened the bodice a bit to reduce the blousiness
finished the hem with a 3″ bias band
finished the neck as well as sleeves with bias binding
changed the back channel elastic to elastic shirring (with this extremely good Seamwork tutorial)
scooped the neck about 1.5 inches
As you may have already figured out, my topstitching is not what you would phone call precise, however I am calling it wabi-sabi as well as retiring from the ring. (It was fun to do as well as I believe it livens up the joint.)
The material is a cotton/silk? blend (maybe?) extremely very extremely lightweight not-gray-not-blue-somehow-both chambray that I’m sure I purchased from FabricMartFabrics a while back. I would dig with my email receipts to verify however 1) I’m lazy as well as 2) whatever on FMF offers out in less than a week so there’s no utility in doing so; I can’t link to it. The material is a bit sheerer than I expected however I only own all of the slips in the northern hemisphere so we’re great on that front. (And back.)
Considerable alterations aside, this is a extremely comfortable gown for summer, as well as I’m all set to make at least, oh, three or four much more up until I get exhausted of it. It’s just so darn easy, both to make as well as to wear! (I’ve already made two others, both in seersucker, that I haven’t photographed yet.)
Next step for this gown is to do a version that has panels in the back in addition to the front … as well as perhaps even a version with a flat collar?
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