The not-so-perfect pleater
One of the things I love about Tissot is that he often uses the same dress in several different paintings. So far I've found 3 of the black and white bustle dress aside from the original one I posted:
![tissot3](http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/bauhausfrau/9959922/567624/567624_original.jpg)
![tissot2](http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/bauhausfrau/9959922/567929/567929_original.jpg)
![tissot1](http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/bauhausfrau/9959922/568113/568113_original.jpg)
Anyway, the last few days have been spent listening to NPR and pleating...and pleating...and pleating. I've got the underskirt pleating finally finished, now I need to actually sew the pleated fabric to the underskirt. And then I'm going to start work on the bustled apron overskirt. I BARELY had enough for the third row of pleated ruffles and even then I don' have enough to go all the way around, luckily the overskirt will cover the un-ruffled back.
I'm saving the bodice for last because I'm not in the mood for pattern drafting at the moment and the skirt is a no-brainer. I'm using modified versions of the Truly Victorian patterns as the bases for the costume: underskirt (TV201 ), overskirt (TV305) and probably TV 871 as the bodice base with modified versions of the sleeves from TV410.
![tissot3](http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/bauhausfrau/9959922/567624/567624_original.jpg)
![tissot2](http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/bauhausfrau/9959922/567929/567929_original.jpg)
![tissot1](http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/bauhausfrau/9959922/568113/568113_original.jpg)
![tissot](http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/bauhausfrau/9959922/567394/567394_original.jpg)
I'm saving the bodice for last because I'm not in the mood for pattern drafting at the moment and the skirt is a no-brainer. I'm using modified versions of the Truly Victorian patterns as the bases for the costume: underskirt (TV201 ), overskirt (TV305) and probably TV 871 as the bodice base with modified versions of the sleeves from TV410.
After all the pleated ruffles on the Regency, I don't know if I want to attack the Tissot Citrus dress. Ugh!
ReplyDeleteThe stripes are looking sharp, though! This is gonna be a great dress.
Thanks! They've been boring but also oddly soothing. I kinda go into a zen state while pleating that's rather pleasant.
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