Slip Pattern

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