An Unfitting Mess…

I attempted to make a dress under the theme of metamorphosis. As fitting as the concept may sound, the final output did not meet the picture I had in mind. Bear in my mind this was the first proper dress I had stitched together. (I don't think a newspaper dress  for my sister that I made a decade ago counts as a wearable dress). The design was vivid in my mind, but perhaps there were a few technical difficulties in the sewing process. All's to say that this was a learning experience. Mistakes were made, but there is room for improvement, as I take note.

Unfitting colour 

Originally I had thought of using a turquoise fabric against a white base, almost like the colour was popping from a blank canvas. The whole idea changed when I saw this beautiful colourful material which I thought fitted with the butterfly theme well - as they spark colour in life. It was colourful, vibrant and playful just like the annotation of a butterfly. Although this was the case, I contemplated on the choice after stitching it up and recognised that this bundle of colour did not fit with my criteria of elegant, chic and minimalist. 

Unfitting size

When I tried the dress on, it felt stiff; the skirt was more pencil shaped on my body as opposed to the free-flowing A line cut I was expecting. I think this came down to how I had cut the pieces of the skirt - next time I should go for a cone instead of panels. On top of that the skirt lines did not match the bodice lines which gave an unfitting hump shape at the back. 

Unfitting stitches

I must say that I had to keep taking the stitches out when I realised I thought about changing to the brighter side of the fabric instead of the latter side. Partly because I had made another mistake in dragging this project for far too long over weeks. I shouldn't have spent that length of time - instead I should dedicate a few days or wing it in one sitting - this would allow for my thoughts to fall into a rhythm. There goes the saying that I should remember which sides I want to have and stitch them back to front to cover up the stitches and form a nice edge to the dress. Despite the stitching chaos, I found which type of stitches worked well and which didn’t.