Hi all, For those of you who remember me, the year in France is rapidly ending and I'm terribly sad. It has been better than I could have imagined. I'll be back Stateside at the end of August.
In related news, BF applied for a permanent position and I accepted, so he's now DFH (darling future husband). I've been using the time in France to scout patterns and ribbons and lace and all that fun stuff!
Wedding dress musings and questions: OK, here is the dress of my dreams:
The pattern also slips in the instructions that their edging is
*applied*. What!? I want to use the natural border of the lace. I think that if I create an additional shoulder dart I can use the border from the neck (it has a center back seam) to the bottom front. I'm not busty so I'm not sure where to put this one. As for the rest of the front, if I'm clever enough I imagine I can lay it out such that I can mitre that bottom corner and continue the natural scallops along the bottom edge. Maybe I just create a smoothish peplum and ignore their pieces from the waist down? Am I crazy? :)Maybe I make this up three times? One toile to get these new seams, once in lace to confirm it works (and I get to wear that one too) and finally in my real lace. I'm trying to minimize the amount of
60=80/meter lace I have to buy (and I know that is a great price, I've seen it up to 250=80/meter).OK, thank you all in advance! I will be back and contributing more in a matter of mere months.
-Charlotte