Day 13

thrifted green blouse, black jersey harem pants from H&M in spain,  my late-great-aunt's gold hoops, Urban Outfitters peacock hair pin used as a brooch

Day 13 was fun yet frustrating.

I continued making the bodice (the upper part of the dress). Although my pictures won't show it, after putting together the two back pieces and the front panel with darts, I had to encase the edges with bias tape, like this.

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Essentially, you take a pre- cut strip of fabric and fold each edge in and press it, then press it again at the almost- halfway point. The second press is where the dress fabric goes, and the bias tape folds over the edge of the dress with neatly pressed edges. There's more than one way to apply/make bias tape, but this worked for this dress.

 

The original pattern called for bias tape that was much too small, so I had to spend too much time remaking bias tape. It took forever.

These two rounded areas are for arms, So I put bias tape all the way around the half circles, then extended the bias tape up for what would become the straps of the dress.

The bias tape also extended across the collarbone for another bar across the chest as seen in the pattern (I'm doing one dress with the middle pattern, and one with the dress on the right)

The bodice was pretty much done after that. The skirt is a whole different story that I'll have to save for a different post. the. most. frustrating.thing.ever.

lol

Anyway...

I finally figured out my staple style. I did a flat- twist out with the butter I posted a few days ago. This time I tried it with olive oil gel and started at the crown of my head and made all of my flat twists extend from the center. My hair was much flatter and less frizzy, and the curls were much more defined than they have been in the past. I'm soooo happy with the results..

yay!