Severine of Inner French Girl contacted me last week and is featuring my blog in today's bulletin (Bulletin 11)! Check out the website; there's a lot of interesting things there and to come. What I find the most interesting is the runway reviews and pattern suggestions as starting points to get the same runway look, with some needing a few modifications. That's a fantastic way to bring the runway look to all of us. Isn't that at least one reason many of us sew? We all love fashion, but can't always afford it!
Q/A: Today's question comes from Patricia: "I placed my wedding dress in my suitcase on my way back home having eloped. I need to use the gown again, for a family wedding but the tulle crinoline has flattened. Any advice on how to restore the fluff of the tulle crinoline? It's sewn into the gown." This is a tough one because it is attached to the gown! Traditionally, you could soak the crinoline in sugar water, but that's not going to work with this crinoline, because it is attached to the gown. As we know now (thanks to that old BWOF!) there used to be a product for stiffening net petticoats. Spray starch will not work very well with the netting. There are two things I can think of to do. If anyone else has anything that might work with an attached petticoat, place it in the comments. First, you could try ironing with a very low temp dry iron. Not too high, or you'll melt a hole. No steam as moisture tends to make netting limp. This will smooth out and straighten the tulle so it will stand out and not be flattened. Second, very gently, take a section after it has been ironed and roll it between yours hands so that it will "fluff" out again. I know this seems like opposite of what you should do, but think of fluffing a flattened feather pillow - you gently manipulate it until it is full and fluffy again.
Parting Shots: Here are a few better pictures of the BWOF #111, 6/07 blouse taken this morning before leaving for work (and before chasing Kiwi for 30 minutes to get her to a vet. appointment!). I also forgot to show you the double buttons on the cuff - the pattern didn't call for them, but once in a while, you'll a see double button cuff in menswear.
12 comments:
You look great, Summerset! You are wearing your new beautiful blouse with your Vogue skirt, aren't you! I absolutely love that skirt and have to make one from the same pattern. I bought it because of you! :)
ps: I just changed my blog address to http://kittycouture.blogspot.com... You'll need to update your feeds to keep receiving updates. Thank you for your kind comment about that, by the way!
Such cool things happening at Pins and Needles! Congratulations on the IFG article...
And Isabelle beat me to it; I was going to ask if that was the Vogue 2925 skirt, too! That has such a distinctive flare...
Gotta make one one of these days. ;)
Well, I'm bookmarking the IFG website, I like what I saw!
The blouse is beautiful! That shade of blue is perfect on you! The entire outfit looks great!
Interesting blouse. Is the pulling across the upper chest a consequence of the asymmetrical placket?
I only ask because your things are always so beautifully fitted.
Andrea
Beautiful blouse and it confirms that you look great in blue! Congratulations for the article, this is so cool!
Regarding the petticoat; I've had to do just such a pressing job in the past, and more than once. If you do plan to touch the netting with an iron, use a press cloth...it melts very easily. A better option is to hang the dress inside out and use a steamer to remove the wrinkles. Then let the petticoat hang in this position overnight. When you turn it right side out, the fluffiness is usually back in place. You'll have to then press the outer dress, but that should be simple by comparison:)
Shannon
First Summerset congrats on the mention! Second I will be bookmarking that site...and third the blouse looks great on you. I really like the additional button you added to the cuff!
Isabelle and Lisa: Yes, that's the V2925 skirt, the black one. This is one of the few patterns that I'd actually make more than once. I also have a dark brown one. *If* I do a SWAP, at the very least, the skirt will be included!
I am glad you posted a picture of your skirt, I was going to ask if you had one! It looks good, now if I can make mine look that good!hehe
Shorty
That is a lovely color combination on you.
And Big congrats on the mention on the French Girl site. I'd only found that after the mention this week on SG, and it is just too much fun.
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