Starting new, and a Dress Diary.

So, I'm... slow? in the process of making my Sympohnie Fantastique Video, so I'm going to start posting a different project... a Dress Diary!

Actually, I'll be creating two (2) diaries, and I'll begin to describe the first here.

ONE

The Yellow Prom Dress

So, my friend 'commisioned' me to make her a lovely yellow prome dress, from the Simplicity Pattern number 3878.

And the fabric is a sunny yellow satin as a base, with yellow sheer net/tulle with little sparkly polka-dots all over the place. My hand is in there to show the sheer-ness of it.

 Here are the pattern pieces...

You can see here the finished bodice outside part. It turned out well, but my complaint is that the 'cummerbund' is cut on bias, which is how most ruffles are made? But when I stitched it on, there was like an inch of space left over on each side, which I ended up trimming off after I attached the bodice front and back pieces at each side.

 Here's me sewing the net, for the attached slip/petticoat/thingy that is made of the lining fabric, so... yeah.

Oh! Another thing! That skirt panels are made like wedges, but I dislike wedge skirts so I'm going to make it out of straight panels, which are also much easier to hem, since they can just be pulled up to the desired height and stitched in place. We'll see it all fall into place soon enough. :)

So, TWO
The pink victorian ball gown
AND
The never-going-to-be-finished undies!

I'm making myself a ball gown to wear for prom, an LGBT dance, ComicCon/Steampunk Ball, and other things! It'll be pink and frilly, and beautiful in general. My plan is this:

It's pretty, but I kinda feel bad because the design is shamelessly stolen from Linda at Frocks of Ages.

I originally was going to save up and get it, but I'm a poor high school student with no job, so I can't get it yet, but someday when I DO have a job, I'll buy it and set things right. Not to mention that mine will not be nearly as nice as the original. Haha!

Anyways. Here's my fabric. I have a acetate taffeta and some more sheer crap from joanns, and the lining is another UFO from the lining fabric section. But my hand is see-able through the sheer! Trust me! The picture lies...

I made a mock-up dress monthas ago, but that was before I went all kinds off psycho-anal about being period and stuff with proper underwear and crap, so now a new mockup will be needed. I even got fake bewbs, because I'm a guy and have no chest!

Which, now we need to talk about underwear. I have a nice chemise and drawers made from the pattern over at laughing moon (sorry no pic!), and I'm making the corset from there, too. I have the pieces put together and I made it of a fine white-dyed-blue cotton! I messed up, though, because I didn't flatline the blue with my strength layer, so I need to rip it apart and do that again. We've ordered a busk and twill waist tape and lacing from farthingales in canada, all of which should be here in like two weeks, and then once I get to the boning, we'll get that too. I'm also making a bustle from the laughing moon patterns, which the hoop boning should be here by the end of this week. Otherwise, there isn't much to make for the unders, aside from one more petticoat (It's coming from the skirt mockup, lol) That will probably have flounces.

I'll list here my plan for the dress:

Undies

1. chemise

2. drawers

3. corset

4. bustle

5. petticoats I, II, III

The dress itself

1. Underskirt

2. Overskirt

3. Bodice

So, yeah! Hopefully it's not too much for me! Because I can't do much now until my hooping or busk show up...