Ingrids dress

I have had a lot of questions about Ingrids green dress. Is it one or two dresses? It is one with interchangable parts that has grown to almost two.

the first change came with the underskirt. we were going to make it out of two fabrics to make it look like two seperat skirts. Because of the difference in the weight of the fabrics one skirt was inpossable to do. Melinda and I made the decision to make two full skirts insted, to lessen the wieght on Ingrids hips.

Ingrids initiall fitting was without a bodic. We fnished the dress in one week and was ready for final fitting. She came with a corset and it shrank her mesurements . She had lost 5 inches in the waist with the corset on. The whole gown needed to be reworked.

The rework on the initial bodic I was not happy with. So I made another bodic out of the left over fabrics. Each bodic front was matched to a different underskirt.

Here are the list of garments made for Ingrids Green gown:

1 partlet
1 chemiss
2 bodices
1 set of sleeves
1 bum roll
2 underskirts
1 overskirt
1 hat

Ingrid came for another fitting and Loved the costume. Once she gets her hoops we will have the final fitting and do the hems.

Ingrid are you seeing double? To night we worked on pjs for christmas gifts and finish work on Ingids dress

I don't have pictures of todays work so I put this one in that Melinda entered in the state fair. It took a second place in costumes and a third place in fashion show.

Today I got lots of hand work done on Ingrids gown. I have D rings on bodic, and bais tape on the hat and thats it. Waiting on Ingrid to get her farthingale to hem the skirts.

Tommorrow we Start on Kyles dress. First I have to clean all the machines, oil, change threads and needles to start a new project.

I went to Organ Stop Pizza for the first time tonight. What a joy. I love live music have since Suzys first grade school concert. We kept feeding the request and the man kept playing that beutiful organ. It was a simple delight but a good one.

Busy day, busy house today. Two costomers consoltations and working on Ingrids Alterations. Its been a long day so I am off to bed.

Jade our next costumer came in for her first consoltation with new corset, and a WOW hour glass figure.

Ingrid at her fitting. We are getting down to the details now.