palespider
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thank you so much for the ideas, i might be able to do them all, but i like the nighgown idea, it is lepard print after all (such a sucker for it )
Miss 1929 said:Sort of a wrappy sarong-style evening gown would be awesome in leopard charmeuse!
No, you're talking about hook and eye tape.Miss 1929 said:I think "hook and loop tape" is that fabric tape that has metal hooks and eyes attached to it at regular intervals, nott he same as Velcro.
kamikat said:I think, but I could be wrong, that zipper is a trademarked name for a slide fastener. Back when I was sewing cloth diapers and covers for my kids, I would occasionally see patterns call for hook-and-loop tape and Velcro, even though they are the same thing. The assumption being, if you can't find one, the other is just as good.
MJrules said:Hi! There's a pattern that I'm eyeing but there's one piece missing: the sleeve guide. The seller describes it as a straight long strip that would be easy to draft. Can someone tell me what a sleeve guide is? Is it just the band that the sleeve gathers onto? Ok, thanks!
kymeratale said:Just got this vintage fabric at a huge garage sale. There is 8 meters of it, so I can make a full skirted dress, a shirt for hubby and maybe a top or a sarong skirt. Here is the full width of the print. It is big, the repeat is 30" wide and 24" long.
Here is a close up.
Okay, here is my issue. I want to make a 50s full-skirted summer dress and I am trying to decide on a pattern. Obviously something without insets or pleating, etc. as I want to show off the print and it is busy enough without adding details. I think I should keep the dress itself fairly simple and I want to keep the print as intact as possible. I would like to do this in Vintage Vogue 2902. My worry is the circle skirt. The fabric is 45" wide, which I think won't be enough to do the skirt with the pattern in the right direction. I am still a beginner to this sewing thing, so am I correct in this assumption? Can a circle skirt be pieced together if the pattern is for a half-circle pieces (which it is)?
My other option is Vintage Vogue 2267, but I prefer the one-piece bodice and the circle skirt on the 2902. This one would require some picky matching to keep the print intact. I know the darts on the 2902 will wreck the matching on the bodice, but the princess seams means more of that.
So, advice on making a full-skirted dress with this kind of print? Any other pattern suggestions? I have been sticking to repro patterns and I don't know if I am ready for an unprinted vintage pattern just yet. I looked at the Butterick walkaway, but I don't want the layers.
Thanks everyone!
crwritt said:The second pattern is more suited to your fabric, as the fabric has a one way design.
Otherwise, a dirndl type skirt would work for this fabric (gathered at the waist)
You can piece any pattern, just decide where you want the seam line, trace the pattern pieces and
add seam allowance.
GoddessMama said:I am of the opposite opinion. I think the first pattern is better because it has less seams and you wouldn't have to worry about matching it up as much. All those princess seams in the second dress would look really weird if your didn't match up every seam just right. Then you wouldn't have the fabric you want to make the shirt and top.