Good news, though! I made my first article of clothing for another person! Soul sister of mine, S, professed a deep love of my Palindrome Dress, so I made her a variation... here's how it went down:
S: I love this dress!
Me: Bring me the fabric and a Diet Dr. Pepper and I'll make you one!
S: I can pay you.
Me: How about you don't pay me, but if I screw up you don't hate me either.
S: Deal.
S showed up with some fabulous stretchy banana fabric. And two months later (I got distracted), voila:
Fabric: Banana yellow cotton jersey - 50% stretch, fabric.comPattern: Palindrome
Belt: Banana (Republic)
Why am I calling this dress Infinity Banana, you may ask. Let's break it down.
Infinity:
I did use the same pattern as my Palindrome dress - but the fabric S chose was slightly see through. I decided to do a double layer of fabric. My brilliant idea was to have the inside layer be like a facing for the arm holes and neckline. I lined it up and sewed the pieces together as such - but when I went to turn it inside out, I found that I had turned the dress into an infinity circle. You could keep turning it forever!
A bunch of stitch ripping later, I settled on the facing technique for the neckline only. I ended up just hemming the armholes.
The lining side is also a little shorter than the outer dress, which makes the bottom of the dress a little translucent.
Banana:
I'm not going to explain this. I know you get it. I would, however, like to recall the wonderful palindrome "yo, banana boy!"
S was a willing model, so I give you Two More Views.
Dancing:
Showing off the Saab:
Needless to say, making clothing for others makes me nervous. The fabric sucked itself into the sewing machine several times and I nearly panicked. It's not like the fabric was super expensive or anything - my competence was just on stage, I guess! I'm happy with how it ultimately came out, though. What was the first article of clothing you ever made for someone else? Did it make you nervous?
I'm working on my first sewn garments for other people right now (I've knitted stuff for other people, but that's pretty easy since you can just unravel anything that isn't up to par), and it's super scary! I'm making a couple of bridesmaid dresses for my sister's wedding-- eek! This dress really looks cute on your friend, though! Great job!
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