Hello, dear friends on Hive and fellow needleworkers, I hope you are all doing great wherever you are.
It's been a while in this wonderful community, well personal and work life have been too hectic lately, trying to meet up with goals and demand, not that I stopped sewing, my tight schedule has been made it quite hard to take captures of projects i've been busy with lately, thankfully, i was able to with this dress, and most importantly because it is an emotional project for me.
In my line of work as a fashion designer, one complaint I usually get from big size clients is how they think nothing will look good on them because of their size, being in th fashion business myself, one of my objectives is to break this stereotype and build their confidence because I believe every one is beautifully and wonderfully made, irrespective of your size, and of course I make the magic with the dresses I make for them to, to ascertain that confidence. It's just about knowing what fits and styling you better.
Without further ado, let's get to the making process of this beautiful dress, a fitted cord lace dress for my beautiful plus-size client and friend. The dress's highlights are the skin-toned under-effect and the bare-belly illusion. Though the sewing process is completed, guess what? Some beading work will be added to the dress to further give it that luxurious, elegant look, and I can't wait to get started with that, but first, let's cut and sew.
Materials used
Cord lace
Satin fabric as lining
Crepe fabric
Cutting And Sewing Process
- I started by drafting the upper side of the dress, using a bustier pattern and V-neckline. After joining the patterns, I cut out a basque shape and replaced it with the same cut-out skin tone crepe fabric
I also cut out the back pattern using a basic back pattern, joined and lined it as well
For the lower part of the dress, I used a straight skirt pattern and traced out the basque waist line, which I joined to the upper front bodice.
- I joined the back side to the lower side as well and sewed in a zipper
- I also joined the front upper and lower sides together before joining the front and back of the dress by the sides.
- Finally, I cut out a cap sleeve pattern, which I joined to both sleeve areas, and that completes the making process of the dress.
Beautiful, isn't it? Would you like to see the final look after the beading? Let me know, I will be glad to share.
All images used in this post are mine.