I took this pic on my phone, which may be why it's not cooperating to orient right, despite having tried to fix it on Flickr. So ignore the gravity-defying act. You can't really see it too well in his shot, but there's ribbon hangers on the dress now-- I wanted to reduce the strain on the lace when it's hanging. The bodice is now fully lined, and the back has its hook and eye. The waist stay is also half sewn-in, along the bodice lining edge, which means the tulle is in the skirt as well.
I had an unexpected day off today due to a freak snowstorm (yeah, that's right, it's been spring for almost a week and NOW we get snow?), so I spent a good bit of time sewing the skirt lining together. It's currently the second row of stitching on one French seam + the hem away from being done. And this is where we get into the bad news: I currently don't have a working sewing machine. It was the weirdest thing. I finished the first half of the French seaming process, minus the back seam to make pressing easier, turned the machine off to go eat lunch...and then I guess it decided to go on strike, because when I came back, it wouldn't turn on again. It had been working perfectly fine before that, so I really don't understand what happened! I tried it in a couple of different outlets, checked all the plugs, etc. My mom had a spare machine that I could use to continue sewing, thankfully. But my dad, who is pretty good with mechanical things, took a look at it, and he's pretty sure it's an electrical issue. And not just a blown fuse. So I'm going to have to run up to the closest repair shop sometime this weekend and see if it's a fixable one--which makes me rather nervous, because I've gotten rather spoiled on my hand-me-down Bernina, and if it's not fixable, I'm not sure how I'm going to replace it!
How frustrating! And the dress looks gorgeous - what an amazing job you've done.
ReplyDeleteCould you add one to your wedding registry? Might be a long term solution if needed.
ReplyDeleteI feel like that's way too expensive of an item to add--to get the type of machine I'm used to working on now, it would be at least $2000, probably more! Unless I got one used on eBay or something, and you can't really register for that. But my mom told me this morning that I can probably just keep the one she's loaning to me, since she does have multiple spare machines.
Deletei wonder if you could add gift cards to a store where you want to buy a new sewing machine...
Deletedo you use bloglovin? i follow you there, and your picture pops up beautifully in the snippet... i gasped. BEAUTIFUL, becky!!! maybe your machine is stalling because it doesn't want to be done so soon!
I'm not using bloglovin as my primary reader-- I looked at both and so far I like Feedly better! But I did claim my blog on there, at least. That reminds me, I need to put that button on the sidebar...anyway, thanks for the kind words!
DeleteOh no! I have my fingers crossed that it's repairable!
ReplyDeleteThe dress looks amazing. I love the tiny little buttons. :)
My mom gets credit for finding those--she's a pro at Amazon.com searches!
DeleteOh, man, I'm so sorry that it's still not working. Crossing my fingers that it's a quick (and inexpensive!) repair.
ReplyDeleteHeart-stoppingly beautiful, Becky - there won't be a dry eye at your wedding...
ReplyDeleteSo stunning!
ReplyDeleteJust take a bow! Your dress is beautiful.
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