remember this little beaut? awkward midi length printed corduroy with armscyes dangerously nearing side-boob territory. much improved.
as evidenced here... fine-wale corduroy in dry staticy apartment picks up everything. i dont even know what i own that is white and fluffy. i have a black cat, blackish hair, a veritable rainbow of sweaters, and brown faux fur accessories. i digress.
prior to chopping 14" off the bottom of the dress, i popped in boob darts and decided i quite liked the resulting teardrop shaped armscyes. after hemming the bottom i thought ... hm. perhaps a back cut-out is in order. its heavy woven cotton so there shouldnt be too much weird pulling, i have more than enough fabric for bias tape, and i will actually try it on and mark my bra line so the cut-out isnt too low.
well i tried.
the corduroy is ever so slightly stretchy and i didnt interface the back. cos im lazy. so its a little wonky. i'll see what happens when i wash it... and if its still messed up i guess i'll sew some fabric [lace maybe?] back under it to flatten out the top and bottom of the heart.
I like the tear drop effect too! Kudos for the heart cutouts, I've never tried it before. So very Valentine's-y ehh? :)
ReplyDeletethanks! id seen a lot of pictures and added some tutorials to pinterest, but of course attempted the lazy way. and i didnt even think of valentines.
ReplyDeleteI love this! It would look super cute with lace too, but is just as cute without it!
ReplyDeleteI have a wordpress blog, it's http://www.diaryofamadmama.wordpress.com, I'd love for you to check it out. I do refashions too, but I'm just getting started.
Have a great day!
~Jen
thanks! i will probably add lace to it ..eventually. and i'll definitely check out your blog!
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