Since my last post, I've been working and, more importantly, sewing!
I finished Butterick 5603 with modifications from Julia Bobbin. Can I say I LOVE THIS DRESS!!! It fits like a dream and I wore it with the petticoat I made earlier this year.
I also made a maxi skirt inspired by Mimi G, Butterick 5033 (which was a big, fat, FAIL) and McCalls 8766, View C but with the shorter skirt. Now the two latter dresses both need the bodice redone because I tried to avoid doing an FBA (full bust adjustment for you newbies) even though I'm a D (sometimes a DD) cup and the patterns are drafted for B cups. Yep, just plain crazy to try to squeeze the girls into such a small space. I had pancake boob and that's no mean feat for me. Anyway, I'm going to redraft both bodices and redo them. It's a shame especially since I spent so much time on the boning (insert perv snickering here) in 8766. On the plus side, I'm no longer afraid of strapless dresses. I used Gertie's boning guidelines from her Retro Bombshell Craftsy class. If it wasn't for the smushing, it would've been perfect because it held up quite well on my test drive (I took out the garbage in it - I never said it would be a glamourous test drive.)
Of course I'll be posting pics, but at this point, they'll probably be on hangers as I still have no dressform. Le sigh.
