A few weeks ago I’ve ordered three sewing patterns from Simplicity. Saturday I’ve made a start with a 19th century ball dress by buying everything I needed and today I made a start with cutting the pieces and even a little bit of sewing already. Being a newbie at this, I’ve got the help of my mother, and the first thing she said to me when she saw the costume was: “Of course you want to do this the hard way. This will not be easy.” And she’s right of course, it isn’t easy. Especially since the guide is in English, and I’m not used to all the sewing terms, and my mother is not used to read English. But I’m pretty confident that together we will get there, and of course the dress won’t be as good looking as show below, but I’ll be one proud first-time sewer (or actually second time sewer, since the first thing I’ve made was a little hand bag).
I’ll probably make a page later on, when the dress is done. With all the ‘steps’ shown and of course the final piece.
Simplicity 2881 - 19th Century Dress as shown on the package
Cutting the pieces
Part of the bodice
Tessa, you are ambitious! Nice thing to do in the summer holidays. I think it will be very beautiful in grey.
Thanks Riek, it sure is a nice thing to do. The fabric looks indeed grey, but is actually greenish
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