My Lisa has no idea of her limits and abilities! She (who has never done dressmaking) bought a pattern for a dress. She bought everything she needed (thanks to the help of the lady in the shop) and plans to wear the dress to a wedding mid November
A dress with a 7 piece bodice and 7 piece skirt (lined with another 14 pieces) and with a sort of rouched bra. I'm not great at dress making, but can cobble a simple pattern together - but faced with pieces like this one I knew we had to call in reinforcements!
Or one specific reinforcement! My mum!
Three of us worked for most of the day . . .
but it was worth it
A bit more work to do, but having got this far Lisa and I should be able to finish it - thanks mum
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WOW I used to sew clothes for work (decades ago, haha) but that pattern would have had me running for the hills! You ladies did a great job - Lisa must be really pleased with how well that's going!
ReplyDeletebetween the three of you she has a lovely dress very brave to tackle a pattern like this but so worth it, Lisa you must be thrilled.
ReplyDeleteYikes! That pattern piece looks horrendous, no wonder reinforcements were needed. But the dress looks great, she looks lovely in it.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful dress! Next time take her to John Lewis!!
ReplyDeleteGreat job - that ruched bra thing looks really difficult. Wish I still had the confidence of the beginner!
ReplyDeleteThis dress is looking fab! I think Lisa is smarter than you give her credit for - she knew the dress would get made!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful dress, what a great team effort and well done to Liz for filling in the knowledge gaps :-)
ReplyDeleteDaunting pattern. Fab family moment. The dress looks super.
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