Dirndl Dress Project: Part V

The dress is hemmed, the apron is done, and I've started making the trim for the neckline...which is an odd combination of being both fun and tedious to create from the dress fabrics. This first piece was a test to see weather or not the fabrics were too thick. It worked, but I have a lot more of it I need to make...

Dirndl Dress Project: Part IV

It has a skirt! ....that needs to be hemmed.
Please excuse the messy table. I have about 4 projects going on at once ;-)

Front placket

On the front of the dirndl dress skirt. Not on a seam. This is one of those tricky sewing things that is akin to explaining, without pictures, how to tie shoelaces. I'd like to do a tutorial on just this in the future.

The Dirndl Project: Part III

The bodice is done (!!), with the exception of the buttons/buttonholes down the front.
Next up; the skirt. Hope to have that done and attached to the bodice tonight.



The back...

Oh, ok yeah....

Sure, I'd love to go check out that little fabric store in Arroyo Grande they might have some stuff-OMG RIBBONS!!
$60 later plus a 1 1/3 yard remnant of silk taffeta...

The Dirndl Project: Part II

As promised, here are a few photos of the current dirndl dress I'm working on.
Not horribly exciting yet, but the bodice is coming along nicely.

The light I have to work with is very odd during the day here, so excuse the colors.
The burgundy red cotton photographs REALLY red, or really dark, and the grey looks different in every shot.

One of my favorite tools ever; my pinking shears, used to not only keep a fabric edge from fraying easily, it adds a pretty touch too.


Front bodice outer pieces sewn together, complete with cute li'l boobie gusset...


Lining and outer fabric pressed and ready to be sewn together...


And voila! Half the front of a dirndl dress bodice...


More on the way xoxo