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Using up More Rose Wool
Jul. 12th, 2020 06:59 amA couple of months ago I finished making a bodice to go with a skirt I made about five years ago. It uses up more of the rose wool that I've got stays and a pelisse made out of. I had the 1900-ish skirt and wanted to make a jacket to go with it, but I decided that I would get more wear out of a sleeveless bodice to be worn over a shirtwaist so there's a still little under a yard left. Sooner or later I should make a waist with fuller sleeves than the one I have, but that's not at the top of my list.
The pattern comes from The Edwardian Modiste. It's meant to be cut with a center front seam, but I put it on the fold instead. Then it was just side seams and a placket and hems and trim. I kept the bodice separate from the skirt and tacked the gathers down to a tape inside at the waist. That way I can still wear the skirt with my 1907 sweater. With as long as the bodice is, I think you're meant either to keep it separate or tack it to the skirt at the waist. No one is long-waisted enough for seaming the bodice to the skirt!
The trim let me use up a length of trim that I had leftover from another project fifteen or more years ago, but there wasn't quite enough for the neck - I was about 4" short. There was a piece of velvet ribbon I had, though, that was exactly the right length so I sewed it round the neck. The pattern calls for a bias piece of fabric for the belt, but I had a wider velvet ribbon to hand so I thought it would be nice to match the velvet at the neck.
I have no idea what I'll do with the last bit of the wool, but it won't be another dress!
The pattern comes from The Edwardian Modiste. It's meant to be cut with a center front seam, but I put it on the fold instead. Then it was just side seams and a placket and hems and trim. I kept the bodice separate from the skirt and tacked the gathers down to a tape inside at the waist. That way I can still wear the skirt with my 1907 sweater. With as long as the bodice is, I think you're meant either to keep it separate or tack it to the skirt at the waist. No one is long-waisted enough for seaming the bodice to the skirt!
The trim let me use up a length of trim that I had leftover from another project fifteen or more years ago, but there wasn't quite enough for the neck - I was about 4" short. There was a piece of velvet ribbon I had, though, that was exactly the right length so I sewed it round the neck. The pattern calls for a bias piece of fabric for the belt, but I had a wider velvet ribbon to hand so I thought it would be nice to match the velvet at the neck.
I have no idea what I'll do with the last bit of the wool, but it won't be another dress!
