A Glimpse into my Life.

For July, I traced off the proper size of Sense and Sensibility's Elegant Ladies Closet Drawstring Gown and then cut out my sari. I cut all the trim and the big fancy border off then found out from some really helpful ladies that I should have left the fancy bit intact and the trim on and then I wouldn't have had to hem the skirt hardly at all! Live and learn though. Next time I make a sari dress, and there will be a next time, it'll have the fancy train on it! Here is the sari as I cut it out.
This is what the fancy piece of the sari looked like. I cut the border off and ended up cutting the flowers into 5.25 inch strips to border the skirt with.
I used some of the border to widen the skirts. In this portrait of Princess Charlotte you can see a center border on her gown. Since I was going to be short for skirt width and had extra of the sari border, I figured, why not?
Here is the front view of the dress as it is right now:
Here is the back view:

Here is a side view:
The drawstring is in place at both the neckline and the waistline. I still need to add the border to the neckline, waistline, sleeves and hem. It also needs a good pressing to make the pleats pretty and a real drawstring put in instead of a piece of ribbon that was handy. So in making this gown has made me realize I need a new petticoat or I am going to go crazy wearing it. The sari fabric clings to the petticoat I have currently, plus I want it to be slightly longer. Also for July, I found a fabulous fashion plate! It isn't for my sari gown, but it's for a plaid gown!! I absolutely love plaid, and this is great. I decided I absolutely need a plaid gown and so I am going to try and get it done for August. Here is a link to the gown: http://www.flickr.com/photos/51592109@N08/4837839744/

Goals For August:

• Finish Sari Dress- Attach all trims, find a good ribbon for the drawstrings.
• Plaid Dress- Cut out, put together, and finished.
• Pelisse- Mockup done, Fashion fabric cut and put together.
• Headwear- Capote- Cut out brim and attach wiring to it
• Research petticoats and figure out what needs to be done for that.