A plan to fix my cutting error

Today I got some elastic lace to fix my cutting error. It's not too wide, so won't fill in the neckline too much, but will cover up my fix.

My fix is to insert a bodice band across at CF, and if the elastic goes all around the neckline down to the under bust (with the band in between) and also runs around the hem, then the elastic at least looks intentional not bodgy.



I could only get a mid blue the pale was minty, and the pinks were too icky. The only white were very floral. So this was my best fix, and it serves me right for not reading the pattern properly in the first place.

thud as the penny drops - thinking, not stitching

Ugh, ugh, UGH.

So the band around the neck on this pattern, which I just assumed was a facing applied to the outside ...


Actually a separate neckband. Which I totally skimmed over when I looked at the pattern instructions AND I realised this only after I'd cut out the nightie. Possibly I made that assumption because that's how it's done on the pattern I'm using for my Vamps-of-Venice nightie for the Dr Who party.

See, *that* pattern I read thoroughly.

As I'm using this tunic/top pattern as a summer nightie I actually wanted the open neckline, so I actually do not want to fill it in all the way around. So last night packed it all up neatly and left it to my subconcious to decide what to do. So, I'm going to add the band in the CF - I wondered why the front could be so narrow.

I'll be using the contrast lawn I got for the Decades of Style negligee, and make bias binding from that lawn to bind the rest of the neck. Which is what I was thinking of doing in the first place. If I already had pale pink I'd use that - for something different to the DOS. But I won't need all the pale blue for the DOS neck & tie on the back, so this is an effective use of the fabric

time for paper collage to ensue

Yesterday I had the MOANday grumps, so my lunch break was spent with a work buddy which helped me stay perkier. (I think hormones aren't helping my mood either).

Today's lunch break, just over, I cut out the Simp2254 pieces I need to use, measured the hip to be sure it would be loose, and started altering the bodice pieces.

In reference to Monty Python, with huge tracts of land even a simple nightgown needs an FBA (Full Bust Alteration). This is the paper collage moment. Plus I'm trying to decide if I'll do a crossover front as the underbust seam isn't straight across, but rises to a centre front highpoint. Without being pointy if you see what I mean. By the time I get home I'll have decided because I'm going to cut this sucker out & start sewing.

I want to snuggle up with kittehs that don't give me asthma!

sleepwear - switcheroo to the kittens

I washed/dried/preshrank the flies print knit and then remeasured the piece and I have 2m of 140cm wide. So more than enough to make the nightie, and have approx 0.5 left over which isn't much use to me. so I had the 'idea' to make a robe with it instead - something I can use at home or when travelling to have a knee length wrapover robe. But I still want a nightie in this style. Actually need it for travelling. Cos no matter how hot it is (and it can be ridiculously warm on this continent) if I'm staying away from home I make sure I'm decently covered even if it's 40C and humid - because I sleep walk.

I thougth about my kitty print lawn - which I'm using for the Decades of Style negligee - and remembered that I have 5m of 150cm wide so enough for both.
 
At lunch today I'm cutting out the pattern & doing a rough FBA (full bust alteration) on the bodice pieces and measuring the skirt section to see if it's wide enough for my hips.

Oh, and an update on the red poly (that should have been rayon), they've given me a credit for the fabric as it was incorrectly described. I'll be looking at dress fabrics for summer.