{"id":35336,"date":"2016-03-31T00:20:28","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T04:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=35336"},"modified":"2021-04-14T21:20:27","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T01:20:27","slug":"easter-dress-disaster-averted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/31\/easter-dress-disaster-averted\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter Dress: Disaster Averted"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Easter

Easter dress for 3 yo Vivian Rose.\u00c2\u00a0 The pattern is Children’s Corner Betsey<\/em>.<\/p><\/div>\n

Okay, I’m done whining about missing out on Easter with the grandchildren this year.\u00c2\u00a0 As I mentioned (or wailed) in the previous post<\/a>, this year’s Resurrection Day garments remain undelivered.\u00c2\u00a0 And no, that is not the disaster to which I refer in this post title.\u00c2\u00a0 There is no recovering that missed celebration. But the Easter dress suffered a real near disaster which I dodged, more or less.<\/p>\n

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\"27"

27″ wide with 10″ embroidery<\/p><\/div>\n

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First, the details of this dress.\u00c2\u00a0 The gorgeous fabric, a 27″ Swiss embroidered flounce purchased from Farmhouse Fabrics,<\/a> has languished in my sewing room armoire for many years.\u00c2\u00a0 It was meant to be used for granddaughter Laurel, who was too small at the time to use this length.\u00c2\u00a0 The embroidery extends 10 inches from the hemline.\u00c2\u00a0 Then, like so many other projects, it was pushed down on the “make soon” list.<\/p>\n

Now with 3 yo Vivian Rose in the family, this beautiful fabric’s day in the sun has come.\u00c2\u00a0 Though it was a late start, the smocking was well under way before disaster struck.<\/p>\n

Thinking to use my time wisely, 3 days before Easter. I brought the dress along to the hairdresser’s and did some smocking while my…uh…color enhancement set.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 BIG MISTAKE!!!<\/p>\n

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\"stain\"

ugly stain<\/p><\/div>\n

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Janice Ferguson’s custom color #1234 was smeared on the dress.<\/p>\n

\"Scan-3\"<\/p>\n

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Of course, the purpose of hair color is to be permanent.\u00c2\u00a0 And believe me, on Swiss cotton it is.<\/p>\n

But I came up with a fix of sorts.\u00c2\u00a0 Due to the elaborate border embroidery, the dress was cut with no side seams to match, leaving only the center back open.\u00c2\u00a0 Since there is a lot of leeway in the fullness of a bishop, I had added a few extra inches to each\u00c2\u00a0 side of the back for ease in matching the borders at the center back seam.<\/p>\n

The stain was 8″ from the back edge.\u00c2\u00a0 The offensive custom color #1234 was cut away and the two backs stitched together, the seam trimmed and rolled and whipped . \u00c2\u00a0 Just a few painfully tedious hours later, the pleating threads had been retied and the back seam was moved to the left of center.\u00c2\u00a0 But I was able to match the border nearly perfectly.\u00c2\u00a0 I hope that match and the fullness of the garment distracts from the jerry-rigged solution.<\/p>\n

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\"Would

Would you notice this on a galloping horse?<\/p><\/div>\n

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The buttonholes were made on my Brother Dream machine on the embroidery side, in the hoop<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 I love the ease and accuracy of hooped embroidery for buttonholes.<\/p>\n

Overall, I am pleased with the dress.\u00c2\u00a0 My initial vision was for the smocking to be a simple diamond pattern in white with blue flowerettes adding a bit of color.\u00c2\u00a0 I soon realized that the smocking could mimic, if not duplicate, the Swiss embroidery and went with that.<\/p>\n

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\"sleeve<\/p>\n

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It was fun to make up the pattern as I went.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, it was fun until the stain disaster.\u00c2\u00a0 But good times resumed after the remedy.<\/p>\n

Of course, big brother Alastair had to have a matching bow tie.\u00c2\u00a0 I have used this great on-line tutorial<\/a> for several ties for him.\u00c2\u00a0 They are quick to make and comfortable to wear.<\/p>\n

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\"bow<\/p>\n

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And, once again my excessive fabric stash had just what I needed.\u00c2\u00a0 This linen is a near perfect match to the blue flowerettes in the Swiss embroidery.<\/p>\n

The linen has an interesting history.\u00c2\u00a0 Long time readers might recall an earlier post<\/a> about a genuine, certifiable fabric hoarder.\u00c2\u00a0 You have to scroll down through several feet of text and pictures to get the story I want to share\u00c2\u00a0 (“LACE”) but it is a fascinating account of one lady’s obsession.\u00c2\u00a0 A little research\u00c2\u00a0 into her family background would probably turn up a genetic link to me.<\/p>\n

This is how she labelled every fabric.<\/p>\n

\"This

This is a handsewn label.<\/p><\/div>\n

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No doubt there will be other upcoming occasions for these Easter garments to be worn.\u00c2\u00a0 In fact, on a recent family cruise, 7 yo Alastair wore his Christmas bow tie at dinner.\u00c2\u00a0 Isn’t he a dapper little fellow?<\/p>\n

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No reader Easter outfits photos have yet shown up in my in-box.\u00c2\u00a0 Please share!\u00c2\u00a0 Send to NCcabin@aol.com.<\/p>\n

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Okay, I’m done whining about missing out on Easter with the grandchildren this year.\u00c2\u00a0 As I mentioned (or wailed) in the previous post, this year’s Resurrection Day garments remain undelivered.\u00c2\u00a0 And no, that is not the disaster to which I … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":35375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[956,1214,22,8,43,24],"tags":[368,1078,1080,1059,1079],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35336"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35336"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39013,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35336\/revisions\/39013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}