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 pieces together into one.  

 

I only sewed the top pieces partway down.  I'm going to be joining them with the skirt pieces in a minute and then sew all the way down to the hem, that way I'll avoid trying to line everything up right 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 lighting 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 much length as the spiral shape absorbs it.  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  :-)