The wedding is in two months. I've been messing with the muslin for the dress for about a month and a half now. I made the muslin and then I fitted and re-fitted. I ordered fabric samples and it took me forever to decide on what to use. I finally settled on some duchess satin (@ $40 a yard, it's the most I've ever spent on fabric), with some dupioni silk for a contrasting sash, both ordered from Thai Silks.
Nevertheless, I've been a little paranoid about starting the real dress. I keep thinking I'm going to majorly mess it up and then I will cry very, very hard. With only two months to go, I decided I need to get over this fear and start cutting the dress out from real fabric. I started with the sash because it's simple and quick. There wasn't much I could do to mess it up, and besides I ordered plenty of fabric to be able to re-cut if I made a major mistake.
Yesterday I unrolled the fabric and pinned the pattern for the sash. I knew as I was cutting out the fabric that it was the most beautiful, luxurious fabric I have ever used. And that was just the dupioni! I can't image what the duchess satin will be like to work with.
I managed to sew the sash in about an hour. This was being super extra careful, and pressing very thoroughly. I had my helper Frankie and the movie Office Space to keep me company while I sewed.
I'm so thrilled with how it came out. One thing I can check off the list. Next up is cutting out the lining and attaching the boning to the lining. I've never worked with boning and I'm a little intimidated but I think it will be fine. The pattern for the dress itself is so simple that I can't imagine messing it up. It took about an hour to make the muslin, so making the dress shouldn't be that difficult either. Of course, duchess satin and french seams will make it a little more time consuming. I've got plenty 'o time.
