Entry 8.5- Skills with Eileen

This term we're making Victorian sample bodices with Eileen. It's been suggested that we use calico to back our fabric. We can either make a half bodice or a full one, though full is encouraged. I'm going to try and make a full one that fits me as I'm quite a fan of Victorian shapes. 

This is what we are basing our bodice off of. 

Notes from our first session: 

-leave room at cf for button turn back

-Pattern has NO seam allowance 

-cut bottom base out first (ie backing fabric)

- mark balance and waist lines

-seam allowance 1" all around 2" at bottom 

- can have facing along the cf, be sure to make one out if backing fabric and one out of the top fabric 

One way to add seam allowance when tracing a pattern is to tape two pencils together which gives you approx. 1/2 sa. But you could always put something between them to pad out and have a larger sa. As pictures below :)

To do by next session,

-cut out lining and top fabric

-carbon mark backing fabric 

-mount backing to top fabrics