Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Bustle Dress: Collar

I made my own pattern for the collar, based on what Rachel McAdam's dress had in the movie.  Her collar has a rounded edge, with a very elegant trim along the top.  As mentioned in the prototype post, I already tried out the collar shape, but this time I'm adding the trim and bringing a zipper all the way up the center back.

The Trim / Embellishment
This method is very precise, but takes too much time.
If I were entering a competition, I'd have done this the whole way.

The previous method got fired.
I started pinching the fabric before it got to the presser foot.
Slightly less precise, but MUCH more fun!

Then the trim gets basted to the reinforced collar panel,
which means we begin to see it really come together!
The collar is now ready to be attached to the bodice with a zipper through it.  Looking forward to finishing the bodice. The sleeves will be the last part of getting the bodice together.

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