Since we'll be getting married on NYE in NYC there's a good possibility that we'll want to go dancing. My thought is that I won't want to wear the big, frilly skirt all night long, but for sure I will want to wear the corset all night long! With this in mind, I've decided to construct the skirt as a separate piece. Obviously there is no way I could use Illustrator to construct the skirt (well maybe) but then printing the pieces would be a major problem. So I just used the muslim to construct the skirt. Never having done this before it was ALOT of guess work.
For the initial waist line I used the mannequin and followed the bottom line of the corset. Then I randomly choose an angle of 60 degrees for the flare, or basic shape of the skirt. I really didn't think at the time - wow! 60! that's sort of close to 90 right?! Duh! That's ok. Muslim's cheap!
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| Initial skirt with 60! degree angles all around |
Well, the angle went from 60 to 30, then from 30 to 15, then I tapered down the side panels some more. After all was said and cut I ended up with about half as much material as when I started! That was really good news because now I was sure I had enough of my really pretty taffeta to construct the base - both the skirt and corset.
A little aside... the dressmaker's ruler that is very helpful to get the curves right for the waist, and hence the hemline, was incredibly expensive - 49 Euros! I saw the same ruler at the wholesale market for just 14 Euros. Is that kind of mark-up legal?!
But seriously... it is starting to look like a wedding dress, no? Or maybe I'm just being sappy and romantic :)
For the initial waist line I used the mannequin and followed the bottom line of the corset. Then I randomly choose an angle of 60 degrees for the flare, or basic shape of the skirt. I really didn't think at the time - wow! 60! that's sort of close to 90 right?! Duh! That's ok. Muslim's cheap!
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