First, my polka dot skirt. No, not the brown one I posted about previously - a new and improved black and white polka dot skirt. But more importantly: I mastered the invisible zipper! You have no idea how intimidated I've been by those zippers. I love the look of invisible as opposed to lapped zippers so it seemed like a good time to learn how to do them properly as I needed to wear the skirt to an event - and there's nothing more motivating than having nothing to wear. The other issue is that I don't own one of those magical invisible zipper feet for my machine. I had to go old school and use a regular foot. Anyhow here's the completed zipper:
And here's the finished skirt. Please excuse the picture; I don't have a dress form yet.
My second project was a petticoat. I used the instructions from The Sewing Lab to put it together. I can't lie, it was a bit of a nightmare. I decided to use the gathering foot on my serger, but it was too imprecise so then I found this tutorial about changing the tension of the threads to gather fabric and it was perfect! I'm really getting so much more use out of my serger now. So here she is:
I don't have anything to wear her under yet, but my next project is the Butterick 5882 dress now that I have the instructions that Gertie just posted about how to do the FBA. I cut out the pattern last night, but I'm definitely going to make some changes. I want the band to go underneath my bust as opposed to across it. I understand why she designed it that way, but I think it would look odd on my generous bosom. I'll definitely have to do a muslin for this one.