I love the color of the chevron print. I also thought that this thin fabric would make a nice dress for the hot humid summer weather we have here in h-o-t Florida!
Chevron Jersey Knit Dress |
Chevron Jersey Knit Dress-Wonky Lines |
Every time I touched this fabric it would grow. Stretch out, get all wonky, making me crazy. I did my best to line up the chevron lines when I cut the fabric out. But as you can see, it was not good. If you tilt your head a little to the left, it looks ok......
Once I finished the neck line, it was so stretched out that it looked ridiculous. I remembered a tutorial I saw a few months back in which to add a piece of elastic between the stitch lines to gather the neck a little. I had used steam a seam 2 hem tape to fold over the neck edge making inserting elastic impossible. I just folded over the neck edge again and inserted the elastic into the casing that I made. Great idea I thought. I tried on the dress and adjusted the elastic, sewed it together, then closed up the casing seam, tried it on again, and it's almost a choker!
Chevron Jersey Knit Dress |
Chevron Jersey Knit Dress-Neckline |
Besides the elastic around my throat, I let the dress hang for a day to stretch some more so that I could hem it. Not too bad.
My biggest problem with this whole mess of a chevron is that I really like the feel of the fabric, but the slanted zig zags drive me C-R-A-Z-Y!
I think I might have to make another Muse Natalie dress to get my mojo going again!
Until next time.................
Bonnie
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