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1918 Hiccoughs
Jul. 8th, 2018 12:21 pmI finally got in the mood to work on my 1918 percale dress this weekend.
I had worked out what I thought I had to scale the pattern up to previously, but Friday afternoon I started scaling it up. My scale was wrong. I think what I came up with might have been long enough for my daughters... But if I tried to scale it up for length, it was going to have like 10+" of ease through the bust, which also didn't seem right. I pulled out the old Simplicity 8650 1910's dress to give me a starting point, traced off the bodice pieces, and then adjusted them until they looked like the pattern shapes from the 1918 pattern. That was enough for Friday - back to cross-stitching.
Saturday I cut out a mock-up, tried it on, and was pleased. I had to shorten it by about 2", but that was all. It looked very much like the original pattern sketch. I tore the skirt panels but didn't really feel like getting into cutting out the actual bodice - back to cross-stitching.
This morning I found a tag for the fabric. It's 50/50 cotton/polyester. I thought it was 100% cotton. Now I'm on the fence about whether I want to go forward with this fabric. If I still lived in Virginia, I'd not worry about the synthetic and go on, but I live in Arizona. Arizona is quite warm enough to be getting on with, and since I moved here, I've been avoiding synthetics in my sewing even more than I already was. Hmmm.
At least if I decide to abandon this fabric, I'll have a bodice pattern that fits. (I still need to work out the sleeves, but it's better than nothing!)
I had worked out what I thought I had to scale the pattern up to previously, but Friday afternoon I started scaling it up. My scale was wrong. I think what I came up with might have been long enough for my daughters... But if I tried to scale it up for length, it was going to have like 10+" of ease through the bust, which also didn't seem right. I pulled out the old Simplicity 8650 1910's dress to give me a starting point, traced off the bodice pieces, and then adjusted them until they looked like the pattern shapes from the 1918 pattern. That was enough for Friday - back to cross-stitching.
Saturday I cut out a mock-up, tried it on, and was pleased. I had to shorten it by about 2", but that was all. It looked very much like the original pattern sketch. I tore the skirt panels but didn't really feel like getting into cutting out the actual bodice - back to cross-stitching.
This morning I found a tag for the fabric. It's 50/50 cotton/polyester. I thought it was 100% cotton. Now I'm on the fence about whether I want to go forward with this fabric. If I still lived in Virginia, I'd not worry about the synthetic and go on, but I live in Arizona. Arizona is quite warm enough to be getting on with, and since I moved here, I've been avoiding synthetics in my sewing even more than I already was. Hmmm.
At least if I decide to abandon this fabric, I'll have a bodice pattern that fits. (I still need to work out the sleeves, but it's better than nothing!)
