Wedding dress (again!)

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Been helping a friend move since the funeral... Next weekend, I hope. Fingers are crossed.

>>> >>>>> The latter one is my favourite, but I'm waiting for your opinions. >>>>>> U.

> Joanne got in a little ahead of me but I agree with her. The second on > looks kind of industrial to me. The first one is feminine without being > fussy and I think better suited to the occasion.> Juno

Yes, I know what you mean, but I'm afraid that the entire dress will be too light in colour and thus make me look even larger than I already am. I thought the darker one might not be too dark if I chose a lighter colour for the undergarment. After all, nothing has been bought yet, and since finding the right chiffon seems to be the hardest part, I think I can allow myself a little flexibility on the other stuff. I'll think it over.

In the meantime, I'd be happy if you had any suggestions or comments on the neckline of the dress and the general pattern of the jacket.

You've all been so much of a help so far and I feel just in the middle of things and no longer on the shelf, thanks to discussing the matter with the wonderful sewing ladies from a.s. ;-) Keep 'em coming! ;-)

U.

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>>> The latter one is my favourite, but I'm waiting for your opinions.>>>>>>>> U.

>> Joanne got in a little ahead of me but I agree with her. The second on >> looks kind of industrial to me. The first one is feminine without being >> fussy and I think better suited to the occasion.>> Juno

Ursula, Your sketches are very helpful. I like the high waist on the dress and that the pleats appear to be sewn down passed your hips. I particularly like the jacket in version 1. I'm not very small either and find that the line of that jacket is far more flattering to my figure. Have you considered not putting a collar on the jacket.I think it might be more comfortable that way. I also have found for me it's not color as much as style and fabric choices make the biggest difference in how I appear to myself, when I look in the mirror. I personally like soft fabric that hangs a little closer to my body. It shows me in my best light.I think that using the chiffon should soften your appearance. Juno

Oh, thanks, but let me get to the skirt/dress first. The whole thing was inspired by a godet skirt pattern from Butterick's (B4470, now out of print). So it's not so much pleats perhaps but more like gussets (I think it's called that; like here:

is called a gusseted kyrtle). The upper half of the undergarment isinspired by this Burda pattern: I wasn't too sure about how to do the shoulders. So I didn't want tocopy the way they did it there. I'll have to talk that over with thedressmaker if she ever calls back.As for the chiffon gown, I thought that maybe the chiffon should 'do'something around the neckline, in order to correspond with the - lets callthem gussets - at the seam. You know, some kind of counterbalance for theevents around my ankles, and the width around my hips. ;-) Perhaps somethinglike this: ?tab=list/tops&page=allOtherwise the whole dress is quite plain, no frills or whatever on the arms.

Yeah, well, I tend to - uh, overheat easily, so I had planned to wear the jacket only across the street, in church and in case I should have to sit in a nasty draft and the day is an exceptionally cold one for September. The collar wouldn't be so much in the way. Anyway, I had a kind of kimono collar in mind with that first version. Or perhaps more something like a Korean garment - chogori, I think it's called (like this: <

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Yes, I thought along the same lines. I mean, if I'd lace myself up into let's say a crinoline dress I'd look, no matter how tall I am, very likely like a walking wedding cake. I found, moreover, that emphasising my legs helps to distract from the voluminous middle. So I thought at first about a pencil skirt, but I need room to feel comfy. So the fabric has to sort of cling but float as well.

OK, thanks for the inspiration, gotta go for today, dinner time!

U.

I know it's a big URL but I never do well converting them> to a tiny one. JunoThat link displayed an error message when I tried to use it, try this one:

> I know it's a big URL but I never do well converting them>> to a tiny one. Juno> > That link displayed an error message when I tried to use it, > try this one:

Thanks Beverly, Juno

Hello Beverly,

how is this URL converting thing done? Do you have to download a special program or what is the secret of it? I'd love to learn how it's done.

U.

If you use Firefox as your web browser, there's an add-on called Spedr (from spedr.com) that places a little symbol like a lightning flash at the end of the address bar. Click on the lightning flash and the long url in the address bar is converted to

which is my homepage, coz I'm always wanting to look up obscure words!

Go to

Copy the long URL (CTRL|C) paste (CTRL|V) the long URL into the box, click the "make Tiny URL" button, then copy the result and use it instead of the long one.

Beverly