Monday 8 November 2010

Tablecloth dress progress report

Thought I'd show you where I'm at with the tablecloth dress, as part of my 'Amanda's Vintage Pattern Challenge' (where I make up some of Amanda's pattern collection):


The thrifted tablecloth was handmade, and after cutting it up, I realised it was kinda handmade unevenly into a circle. So as I cut the skirt bits using the existing hem of the tablecloth (a clever trick I came up with) there may be a little unevenness to that hem. Not so clever now, hey?

And as it's an older tablecloth (not quite barkcloth, kinda a heavy linen), I cut around some of the old stains, but found this on the bodice:


A threaded thing in the fabric. It's not a tear, but at least it makes this dress even more original now!


The front 'V' is just darling and wasn't as hard to sew up as I thought! Just fold under the edges and sew onto the bodice, topstitch style.

10 comments:

  1. Its going to be gorgeous! Love the flower placement on the straps and bodice.

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  2. I can't wait to see the finished product. The material is gorgeous!

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  3. This is going to be sooooooooooooo special! CANNOT wait to see it xxx

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  4. As always, I'm impressed with your projects. The pattern is really sweet (^_^)

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  5. O,I'm loving it!!Beautiful flower placement,and I adore the texture!Can't wait to see the end result!

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  6. That looks very promising, I can't wait to see the final result!

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  7. It looks amazing so far - cant wait for you to finish it!!

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  8. Yes, I can't wait to see the final result too! I love the printed straps and V detail, please finish it quickly^^

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  9. Looks gorgeous, cant wait to see the finished product!!!

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