Sunday, August 8, 2010

The Devil is This Red Dress




This dress was supposed to be finished in time for the July Dress challenge. I used the Danielle pattern for this catastrophy (see here for a successful rendition) and I chose to use crepe de chine which is a HUGE nightmare. The fabric scorches easily so the facings can'tbe ironed to my liking and the fusing of interfacing on the waistband left permanent marks. AHHHHHHHHHH.... I've decided that I will not be finishing this dress. The one positive thing that came out of it though is that the invisible zipper went in wonderfully :) I always enjoy winning that battle especially when the rest of the project turns out all wrong!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Argh, matey! Is that the facing sticking out the top? Too bad it didn't work. It would have been pretty.

Phillip and Rachel said...

Yup...that's the facing. Now I know better than to use that fabric for this type of project.