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| The Silly Girls at the second fitting |
All three will have matching wigs and bows. The vests will lace up the front. The skirts have 4 drawstrings(2 in front and 2 in back) so they can be pulled way up if desired. The costumer likes one side. They were discussing which side it should be.
I've been working on altering the vests which are fully lined. The green one was 4-5" too big.
(Ack! Please excuse the toilet in the picture!) If I took it all in the back the back piece would all but disappear. I had to redo the shoulders anyway so I opened them. Turned it, unpicked the bottom and the top exposing all seams. I took in each seam by 1/4" which was 1/2" of circumference. Six of them totals 3". I took the remaining 2" out of the back piece. It wasn't as awful as I thought. I've turned it right side out but not pressed it. I'm debating another fitting before doing the eyelets but I want them to be done!
The orange one needs similar adjustments although not as drastic.
The yellow one is, I think, the one who said she was going to lose 25lbs by showtime. I didn't worry too much about fitting her vest, although it fit the best of the three already. If she she loses even 10lbs I think it would effect the fit. I'm going to finish the other two and then see where she is. I've tried to lose weight before and early goals often prove too ambitious. But sometimes those first 10lbs come off pretty easily.
The trick is to have the front not quite closed when laced up. I can also put in more eyelets in back to give extra cinch.
I've been concerned about the eyelets as one of my first tests fell apart but I tried another and it worked better. 10 per vest and 10 more if I add back cinching. That's a lot of practice.
Looking forward to getting these done and moving on to 2 new pouch styles I saw this week. I'm considering making some for the Silly Girls from scraps. I also want to make my linen dress. Ideas keep evolving..... more as they develop.....
