Well I am
going to try to re-blog my posts. I am
in group 5 and in the early stages of this project our group did not receive a
pattern but I had requested the first challenge pattern the Princess Slip. I do not consider myself an expert sewer by
any means but far from a beginner if one can define a beginner as one who can
only sew straight. My daughter is a
History Major in college and encouraged me to partake in the VPLL Project. Our family does Civil War reenacting have been for over 10 years so my
sewing has been my daughters school clothes and our reenacting outfits so
taking on these patterns would be a challenge for me especially ones without
directions. I received the Princess Slip
with much excitement and immediately looked it all over and read what
directions that came with it. It looked
pretty straight forward. I cut out the
pattern and ironed the pieces my daughter had chosen a fabric that resembled
having lace inserts already. It is white
and 45 wide I purchased 3 yards to be on the safe side. My daughter is petite and has a 25 inch waist
so I didn’t think there would be much in the way of alterations. Funny I ended up taking all the seams in
almost 2 inches. Sara had first thought
she would like this as a night dress but the more it came together she decided
it would look good as a simple summer dress.
I eliminated the flounce on the bottom and added cap sleeves. Instead of facing all around the neck area I
applied bias tape and across the bodice I added a piece of lace that resembled
the lace in the fabric. I inserted a
zipper in the back and finished the hem.
I read the posts and seen a lot of the photos that have been posted on
facebook and I am so impressed with how each individual develops the same
pattern all so beautiful. Since I had
the pattern mailed to me I asked for one of the skirt patterns to be emailed I’ll
take it to the local Staples and have them print it off
I found the
pattern fairly easy especially as a starter pattern for this project and if any
one starting out sewing this would be a good choice to start with. I’ve watched Martha Pullen show how easy it
is to insert lace but finding fabric with it already was much simpler
