-John 14:6
"It is by grace you have been saved, through faith. And that, not of yourself, it is the gift of God. Not by works so that no man can boast."
-Ephesians 2:8-9
Hi friends!:) My latest make was intended to be another body-con dress. I just adore my tropical version and I wanted another in this *stunning* floral print! $5 a metre at Fabricville!!!! The bolt says "unknown fibres" but it seems like a type of scuba knit. Not overly stretchy though. Its kind of structured and not enough stretch for a body-con dress :( I should have given it more thought but I just assumed it would be fine! I was sadly mistaken, but I managed to salvage the bottom and make a skirt out of it!:) I used a Nancy Zieman method for applying the elastic waist (photos below). I wore it to church yesterday with this basic black t-shirt and loved it!:) I'd still like to make a fitted dress of some kind out of it, but I'll have to pick a different pattern. I purchased enough to make a couple more items. This fabric would make an absolutely gorgeous jacket!
I used 2" wide elastic cut about an inch less than what my waist measured where I wanted the skirt to sit. I butted the elastic ends together with a piece of woven fabric underneath (this is Lightning McQueen flannel, lol:)
I topstitched the side seams (seam allowance finger pressed towards the back).
The elastic is sewn, zigzagged to the wrong side of the waist of the skirt, then turned under and stitched in the ditch of the side seams and centre back seam.
I found this through googling, but its from Nancy Zieman's book, "The Absolute Easiest Way to Sew" (which is on my to-get book list!). Here is the method. I'm currently reading her biography, "Seams Unlikely", which is fantastic! I remember my mom watching her on TV back in the day & its cool to learn more of her story.
Well, that's all for today. Thanks for reading:)!
