I had brought this cotton fabric from myfabricplace last year with the intention of using for wearable test pieces, it cost about £2 or £3 per metre so I am not too concerned if it doesn't end up as something I wear. There is a lot of trim on this pattern which I felt was a bit too fussy for me so my plan is to use some vintage ric-rac (approx 1960's) that I had in my vintage haberdashery collection.
I am going to run a line at the top and the bottom of the top band and two or three rows towards the bottom where the lace is shown on the illustrations. I love this colour combo and you can see how well this is going to look when it is complete.
As class time is limited and I am fairly confident at cutting out I chose to do this at home beforehand which is just as well as finishing the dress took longer than I had thought. However, I did have enough time to make a start, but all my good preparations were in vain when I took everything out of my bag and found that the page containing the first instructions was missing! Disaster was averted by our wonderful tutor Lisa who is very experienced and just looked at the pattern pieces and said start attaching the bodice top pieces together.
When I got home from class the first thing I did was check in the dining room where I had done my cutting out but I just couldn't see the instructions anywhere. I finally found them hooked over the horizontal bar of the chair leg, no wonder I hadn't spotted them.
It seems that I am bang on trend with my ric-rac trimming as I spotted these lovelies on the Cath Kidston website.
What do you think of the ric-rac trend? Are you planning to use it on anything you are making? Have you ever lost your pattern instructions?
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