not being biased against bias tape

Some progress with my Dirndl vest!


I've been sick for about a week now, but today I found some time and strength to work on my Dirndl.

First I cut and sew together a lot of bias tape, using the same fabric as used in the vest. Doesn't look that spectacular...


Then I closed the shoulder seams and I'm very happy with the results. The braids overlap perfectly and you really don't see the seam that much.

As you see in this picture I've already sewn the bias tape to the neckline.

Those two steps were the first ones actually using a sewing machine in this project!

 Next step is sewing the bias binding per hand to the lining and with this step finishing the neckline.

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I actually made some progress with my dirndl :)

I've sewn the braids onto the top, and I did this, not that typical for me, per mano.

But it just doesn't look right when you see the stitches, so I decided to sew them onto the fabric per hand, and the stitches are invisible now :)

Took me really long time, but I really like it.
Yeah, it looks crooked, but the top is still just pinned together ;)
Next thing is making the bias tape and - again - a lot of hand sewing.

Will take me a while, college keeps me busy. I hope you don't get bored ;)

cats are a huge help.

Yesterday I had to sew curtains. The fabric was really heavy and nasty, thick black fireproof molton. 

It really took me some organisational skills to manage the 30m² of fabric. 

 

But fortunately my cats were a huge help. They decided that every nasty fabric can be improved when adding some spoonfuls of cathair.

So, they threw one of the curtains down on the floor. For about 10 mins, nothing happened. Then Isaac went to the big pile of fabric and started sniffing it - ahaaaa, Marie was IN the pile! I kneeled down on the floor and saw a tiny bit of her nose.

Hilarious, so I fetched my cam. In the meantime, she started crawling out of her nest.
 


Isaac was very concerned. 

Meow.

Finally she managed to get out. Isaac still plays ancient egypt cat and doesn't move.

Marie walks into the kitchen, Isaac moves for the first time.

AND STARTS LOOKING FOR HER! 

Meow, lost my sister, meow!

Cutest Cats ever.

Oh, and the curtains are done :)
After doing some work for college I hope to find some time to do a few stitches on my dirndl.

Apron and Blouse fabric :)

I found some lovely fabric at the local Heimatwerk store, perfect for my apron and at least the sleeves of my blouse.

Very thin and slightly transparent black poly fabric with tiny velvet flowers on it.

Love it!

With my wonderful model Isaac :)

And I already started to ruffle the apron yesterday :)

 

 

 I'm so excited, this fabric is just so perfect!

De.Nocte

my little princess

On monday I made a baby sweatshirt and two bibs.
Very girly, very me, very PINK!

My cute little princess *heart*

It's my first baby jersey shirt, so there are still some little *hmm* bugs in it ;)
Like, sewing the overlapping overlock seam right in the back of the seam, where you can totally see it^^

But nevertheless I like the shirt. I used a pattern of some Ottobre mag earlier this year, provided by her mother.
She sews a lot of really awesome stuff too, I just provide some pink (and later a bit goth ;) ) material for the girls wardrobe!

And two not very spectacular bibs, I bought the fabrics in Helsinki especially for sewing "something cute" for the princess. They did have a lot of really cute fabrics for patchworking and stuff, but I don't do any patchwork (yet).


I reaally liked the Disney picture "kiss the frog". Note: Buy DVD!

I hope the mother and princess will be happy with my stuff :)


De.Nocte

Dirndl Mock Up: It's a Dress!

Yesterday I pinned the top and the skirt together to just try it on and have a look, whether I'm on the right trip or not.

And, yes, it does look right :)

I spare you the pics of me wearing it, furthermore there aren't any buttons in it yet so I always need both hands to hold the dress on its place - no hand left for taking pictures *grin*

tada:

Front:

Back:

Next thing I have to do:
Make A LOT of bias tape and finish the front and back parts of the top before sewing them together.
Then add the skirt, add some buttons and sew an apron.

If you read it, it does sound very small work left... but finishing the top will take me some time I guess. And choosing which buttons I want will take a lot of work too^^

Oh, and buying fabric for the apron. It should be black, but that's all I know for now.

And buying fabric for the blouse. Again, should be black, but what fabric? Chiffon? Nice thin cotton? Help?

cu,

De.Nocte

New WiP, Dirndl it is again!

One might say that because I recently made a Dirndl Dress, I'd need some kind of pause before sewing the next one.

Well, no.
There seems to be a strange kind of addiction to Dirndl Dresses. I just can't stop thinking about new models and designs and patterns!


But this Dirndl is a premiere for me to, it's not a traditional Dress, but more a fashion Dirndl.
I do use a traditional pattern though, but the colours are all modern this time.

And I shortened it, too. Not this horrible modern "Dirndl-Oktoberfest-Crap", you can buy on ebay or in Japan, - length, but just kneelength.


The pattern I use is another Innviertler Dress, but not the same I used for my Ikara Dress.

This one will be similar to the Rieder Festtagstracht, the red Dress in the picture:

For my birthday I got the fabrics for the dress, and the brooche will go lovely with them:





I already started with the top, altered it to my size

and tried how it looks with braids.

In order to decrease the very unflattering plaits of taffeta which I'll use for the skirt, I won't ruffle ("stifteln) the skirt but will fold it in rather large plaits, every plait overlapping the next one about one half of its length. This and some extra weight in the seam should hopefully prevent me from looking like a giant cupcake. hm.



And I'll finally get to wear my Lorien Necklace from "Die Perlenzwerge" <3

 

 

 

Have a nice weekend, enjoy the lovely weather!

De.Nocte