peasant skirt - drape
I have this prissy white eyelet fabric laying around that I'd gotten a while ago for some reason that I now can't remember. So I'd been thinking that it be nice to make a peasant skirt out of it.
Here's a messy draft. I didn't iron the muslin. Or true up the fabric. And I used pen to draw on the muslin! Horrors. Interestingly, you really only have to drape the hip area, everything else (tiers 2 & 3) is made of big huge rectangles. The ruffliness is then determined by the hugeness of the rectangles. And, in my case, how much eyelet fabric you have.
(I'm making tier 2 shorter and 3 longer than what's draped).
I ended up not bothering to make a pattern .. just drew the seam allowances right on the muslin, and laid it on top of the eyelet to cut it out. It's going pretty quickly. 3/4 done already, and everything so far has taken about 4-5 hours.
project runway
Project Runway is one of the few shows I watch every week. I really like how they follow the designers through their creative process and show the thinking behind the different decisions. After having taken more sewing classes since last season, I can't believe how they can manage to pull together entire outfits in only two days -- I'm surprised more of them don't fall apart on the runway. They must be taking crazy shortcuts. Like glue. Or tape. Or something.
My favorite is Chloe Dao. She's done a lot of really smart, flattering, well-constructed designs. Loved that re-make blue dress with the black pockets, so clever. And the ruffly skating outfit would probably look really nice moving on the ice. And that pink-satin man-vest!
Two more episodes left!