Clare’s “Heidi” dress & waistcoat
Remember when I hoped that if I blogged it, I might do it? The other garments sewn at Sewjourn were this dress and waistcoat for Clare.
The dress is very simple, but in such a lovely fabric! The pattern suggested using two parallel rows of shirring to gather the sleeve cuffs, but I used elastic in a bias binding casing instead. Once I got home and tried this on Clare I had to shorten the sleeves considerably, so in effect I got to practice this technique twice.
The back has an invisible zipper (look closely at the photo above!) and it turns out that Stella did me a favour by losing my old zipper foot – this special invisible zipper foot did an absolutely superb job of zipper insertion. It’s the best I’ve ever done! And I even managed to match it perfectly at the back skirt/bodice seam.
The little waistcoat is rather adorable (says me!) Nikki taught me how to insert the eyelets. It is fully lined with this fabric, and has darts at the front and back for shaping. The fabric is a cotton drill.
If only I could get her to pose for a photo with her hair in plaits and maybe some eidelweiss…
You’re not the only one who thinks it’s adorable!
I cannot see the invisible zip, which I suppose is the point …
Lovely dress and waistcoat. I must get one of those invisible zip feet – everyone who has one raves about them.
Beautiful of course lara. Your model may require higher rates of pay!
I loved that soft lovely fabric. Very impressive that one Lara! I’m so glad reports are finished and I can play again!
Hi Lara, just packed up a parcel for you and in the flurry of reports, have lost your address. Please email to me again ta
How totally cute! The zipper is so good it really is invisible!