Progress with the spirals! 

Continued from Part 2

Nov 2009

I was doing just PERFECT on fabric, as you see.  That was the last two skirt pieces that had to be cut. Then I decided the skirt should be longer.  I had to patchwork the last two pieces from scraps!  The second piece started to get absurd, as I ran out of fabric, and had to cobble nine different scraps together to make one section.  

 

I only sewed the bodice pieces partway down.  I'm going to be joining them with the skirt pieces and then sew all the way down to the hem, that way I'll avoid trying to line the seams up in the middle. 

 

Once all the top pieces are joined, I gathered the neckline and attached the neckband. I handstitched the neckband facing. 

  Neckband done (wow, what a difference a lighting change makes  :-)

 

Joined skirt sections with top sections, then sewed them together down to the bottom.  They're LONG!! 

   
But once they're all together it's a normal length.  Adding one extra section didn't add very much length.  The spiral shape absorbs the extra and turns it into more width!  The skirt overall is 27" long from top of the elastic waistband down, before hemming. 

What to do about the uneven hem?  I'm not sure.  Do I like it that way or not?  I could make those pointed pieces shallower, I guess. 

And it did come out "a bit much", I don't know if I could wear this in public!  But as a project from scratch drawn on paper bags, a cute little idea I've been thinking of as I fall asleep, I'm tickled with how well it came out. 

 

Done!  Well, it's done except for the hem.  And I might very well put that off for MONTHS  :-) 

Here's all the patterns, organized

I've moved the "talking about it" to my blog...