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Adding Texture

12/18/2019

 
So I've started building up the sleeves. The original doesn't have all the puffs and ruffles like the doll version, so I'm trying to stick more to the original, and am building up rows of texture with narrow cream laces, some applied flat, and others gathered a bit....
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It's a lot easier to do the beading while the sleeve is still flat, but I can only bead in the middles since my machine won't like the beads too close to the seam. I suppose I could change the foot on the needle, but I'm too lazy for that, so I'll just have to finish the beading after the sleeve is sewn.
Dorothy
12/18/2019 04:28:20 pm

My goodness the sleeve is beautiful as you are working on it.

Are you keeping a record of how long creating this outfit will be? I am thinking that you will put in at least a month's worth of hours.

It will definitely be theater-worthy or film-worthy when you are done. Bianca may be reading scripts.

Martha
12/18/2019 06:40:06 pm

No, it's too hard to keep track of it, especially since a lot of the figuring out of stuff happens in my head. But this is exactly why I will never make anything like this for sale. People wouldn't be able to afford what it would reasonably cost.

Donna
12/18/2019 09:56:06 pm

As each part of this gown is created, the finished garment (hardly the right word to describe what you are creating!) becomes more tantalizing!

When you enjoy what you are doing, keeping track of the time is almost impossible. You really aren't aware of it at all. I'm often asked how long it has taken me to make something, and I honestly don't know.

Martha
12/19/2019 07:09:34 am

Back when I made dolls with my sister, I had to keep track of every minute so that I could calculate the final price, and know how to divide the funds afterwards. Even below minimum wage they'd come out to be at least two thousand dollars.

It's nice to make such elaborate costumes for my own dolls again. I'm in so much pain nowadays, that even though all the handwork actually adds to the problem, it is also my only distraction from it.


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