black bow dress.....

so I am currently in the middle of sewing my black bow dress. which is not even cut out in its entirety because I am unsure of the way I want to finish it. so I am working in stages while I come up with exactly what I want to do. I have the idea for the bodice completed so I am working on putting that together. here is how far I have gotten ......


it was coming together very nicely, I was just about to put the under stitching around the back neck piece when to my horror I found a hole! NOOOOOOO!!!!!!

I cut the piece on a fold and it must have been on the underside, so I didn‘t see it. I wish I had seen it before I sewed the whole thing together. I contemplated for just a moment trying to repair the hole, but I knew I would never be happy with it. so now I am tearing apart a huge amount of what I just put together. I have enough fabric to re-cut the piece but still, I hate having to redo it, and of course I have put this together in a rather complex manor so yes more then one would think has to come apart.

black bow dress

so every once in a while I get this brilliant idea that I can draft my own pattern.... yeah I can't. I do try sometimes. and I can make a skirt without a pattern but that is about it. taking a class would probably help. that and having the proper tools. but classes are A.expensive, and B.too far away. so I think I need to stick to already made patterns.
I decided to make a dress out of some white with black bows fabric. I have an idea to model it with a historical 1700's inspiration, only short. not incredibly short but about knee length is what I am going for. I have had this fabric in my stash for some time. its actually curtains I picked up years ago for incredibly cheap thinking oh this would make a cute dress. then shoved it in the stash for later. I think now is good time for later. I am not the fastest at sewing. and still need to cut this out. but I do have a plan. after my fail of making my own pattern I remembered I have a pattern I can work with that, (yea)and it happens to be my size. I have never used this pattern before, but its close to the right shape and I am good at reworking a patterns shape to fit my needs. much better then trying to make my own.

this is the fabric, not the pink though its just sitting there with my fabric.

this is so not the shape I was going for! which is why I am giving in and going to use a pattern.