Frocktober 2018 – Sewing Update 2

My goal was to have the Oolong dress cut out tonight… and I didn’t quite get there. First I had to iron my fabric though. It’s a Hawaiian print that I bought in Honolulu more than 5 years ago, and of course I no longer remembered what the hell it actually was. Between my Internet sleuthing and the Snook’s chemistry knowledge (ie he literally burnt a chunk of it), we’re fairly certain it’s a cotton/rayon blend. It’s very drapey and should work nicely with this pattern.

Now – this dress is cut “on the bias,” which means you have to place the pieces at 45-degrees to the fabric’s grain. This means that I actually needed to square up my fabric. I ended up laying it out on the living room floor, using the wooden floorboards and a load of masking tape to get it stuck down straight. Then I started pinning and cutting.

Ugh. Crawling around on your hands and knees on a wooden floor really sucks. I managed to get about halfway done, so I’ll finish up tomorrow. I’m wrecked.


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