To all who mourn in Israel, He will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the LORD has planted for his own glory. Isaiah 61:3

Sunday, February 24, 2013

1863 Dress Project: Fixing the Soutache..

Sometimes OCD is a good thing...sometimes it is just a pain in the rear...sometimes it is both.  Like when I noticed that the soutache surrounding my velvet tabs was off.  When pinning the soutache to the bodice, I measured out from the armscye to make sure that it was even from the outside in.  Then for some reason I thought that I needed to make the soutache on the right side one "square" shorter than on the left side.  I do not know why.  Sometimes the workings of my brain totally fail to make sense.  But after looking at the bodice with a critical eye, I noticed my mistake....


Weird thinking made the soutache off....


Fixed soutache....much better!!!

2 comments:

  1. Oh wow...Yes, I see it now. I really didn't notice it before! Was it the CF overlap that caused it to be "off"? Well, either way, nice job fixing it!

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  2. It most definitely was the CF that threw me off...I was thinking it was the right thing to do....grrrrr....

    Thank you! I think it looks waaaay better!

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