Wedding Outfit for Young Lady, Number 2
After a very long article about Miss Migonne #2’s wedding guest outfit (here), it seems only fair to devote another blog post to her sister’s. I promise it will be much shorter as the pattern – Pernette by Citronille – and the changes I made are the same. Only the fabrics differ.
Outfit negotiations lasted much longer with Miss Mignonne #1 than with Miss Mignonne #2. The choice of fabrics was very quick…
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… but the choice of pattern far less so. I was very keen on using Pernette, as its understated style compensates perfectly the bling fabrics chosen by my girls (oh, I wonder where this comes from…). But Miss Mignonne #2 thought the shape of the dress was too triangular and therefore fattening. Oh well…
I therefore offered to make a wearable muslin with 13cm of width taken off from each side: and with all the other changed I made to the pattern for her sister’s dress, detailed here. Here is the result:
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I just love this dress, I wish I could steal it from her! I used a crepe fabric and a matching swiss dotted voile, bought last year from Pretty Mercerie, initally for a dress for myself. But being a generous mum (and also being really aware of how fast my fabric stash is expanding), I passed it on…
While we were assessing the right lenght of the dress before hemming, we both agreed an asymetrical bottom ruffle would be great – does it remind you of something?
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Once the (absolutely gorgeous, more than wearable) muslin was validated, I started working on the final dress. The embroidered tulle fabric chosen with enthusiasm by Miss Mignonne #1 needed to be fully lined, as it is completely see-through and very itchy. It also needed to be cut at the exact right lenght, to keep the border embroidery intact.
A bit of a technical headache when you’ve never done it to be honest… I studied in details one of my own shop-bought dress, similarly lined, and worked slowly step by step:
- first, I cut and assembled the lining dress, to validate the lenght;
- second, I cut and assembled the tulle dress, joined both dresses together throught the neckline and the shoulder seams; and I basted the top of the sleeves for letter sewing;
- third, I hemmed the bottom and the sleeves of the lining dress;
- fourth, I basted both fabrics together for each sleeve;
- and finally I assembled the sleeves to the body of the dress.
And that’s it!
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To warm-up the outfit, Miss Mignonne #1 did not want a cape. I therefore sew a cute Monceau cardigan matchig her dress. The pattern was already all cut and ready to go in my size (which is now also hers, how frightening!) so it was a super quick job. I am not sure it will be warm enough for the end of October though…
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So that’s it, the young ladies have their outfit, the gentlemen have their matching ties (watch out on Instagram for these), now I need to work out my own outfit.
A quick summary:
- Trial dress: Pernette dress pattern by Citronille, crepe and swiss dotted voile fabrics from The Sweet Mercerie;
- Final dress: Pernette dress pattern by Citronille, embroidered tulle from Thailand, voile brodé ramené de Thailande, polyester stain fabric from Coupons Saint Pierre
- Jacket: Monceau cardigan pattern byCozy Little World, polyester coat fabric et bias binding from Coupons Saint Pierre
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