Man...you guys are awesome! Love that belt design as well, your design?
"We are all connected...to each other, biologically; to the earth, chemically; to the universe, atomically...and that makes me smile." - Neil deGrasse Tyson
I'm supposed to make her a belt, but she bought that one. The dress fits well and hangs fine, but she wants to make some changes for the tartan version. She has a somewhat more fitted pattern for the top part that she likes better, for a bit trimmer top end. We also thought about some sort of integrated waistband, like you see on the back of a Norfolk jacket, only going all the way around. It would clean things up a bit if it happened to be worn without a belt. I think she also wants to try cutting the top on a bias to match the skirt for the tartan one.
My role in all of this is mostly just to say "that looks nice" and to remind her to be absolutely sure she has what she wants and that it works before cutting into the only roll of that particular tartan on the planet. We've been buying tweeds for years if we saw one that we liked that was undervalued on eBay and she has a big tub full of them - so there may be another test dress in the works to check out the possible changes before the tartan one gets made.
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I recently made a skirt/kilt for a lady. For all intents and purposes it is a kilt, but 40" long. I used almost 7 yards of 11oz fabric. It weighed a bit over 4 lbs when finished. The last I heard, the lady loves it.
"Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy." - Albert Einstein
That dress is beautiful. If I thought it would fit me, I would be begging to buy it. It has been years since I have seen any dress-weight wool tartan. Maybe it is time for a pilgrimage to Portland to visit the Pendleton Mill Store.
It is always a question how closely to fit a plaid bodice. Putting darts in also breaks the lines of the tartan.
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