I just managed to finish my lemon tulip skirt portion of my portfolio piece today, I had to blind slip stitch the waistband to the wrong side of the skirt and then tack the hen facing to the inside of the skirt edge with the same blind slip stitch. I have to say, after seeing how it looks, I think I change my mind about wanting a fine hand rolled hem instead. I really like the way this turned out. Take a look below...
I love the way it curves gently outward from the waist then tapers to a narrow opening at the hemline...just like a tulip. So lovely. Now, I remember hearing on Fashion File, years ago, they were talking about one of John Galliano Couture collections for Dior had such fine craftsmanship, but that it was done with such a fine hand "...the clothes didn't look beat up". I was afraid that once I tacked down the facing to the inside of the skirt that it be weighted down and look overworked instead of looking like...a tulip, but it turned out great. Thank God.
I just have decide on what kind of closure type I'm going to use. In a Threads Magazine article, I read that any kind of closure on lingerie should act as additional embellishment and treated like jewelry. Okay, I've got to look for the right buttons then and make sure I've got 4 altogether, two for the skirt and two for the bodice piece.
When I'm finished with this portfolio piece though, I mean the entire look, not just this skirt, I'm going to put up another Patternmaking ad and include my portfolio link, I think I'll redo the url for that thing too, it's not great for Google pick up with the words it's using now. I think I'm going to offer my old deal again too, 4 patterns at $35 EUR each get the 5th one free.
On another note now though, I've put together a Pinterest board in dedication to my mom who has passed away. I haven't been able to think about much else lately, it troubles me that not enough people got to know just how wonderful and loving my mom was. She had an extremely well rounded range of interests and concerns for many things, the kind of things that mattered. I miss her very much and wanted to share what I could about her character. Here is the link to the Pinterest I made for her: http://pinterest.com/ayisha1978/all-about-mom/ and the photo of her that I'm going to use as the cover.
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