Sleeves

Moving right along on this cute little salmon dress. I have all of the bodice pieces nearly finished and ready to assemble! I worked this afternoon and evening on transferring the cutting and sewing lines on those, and all that is left is to serge them before finishing. Always hesitate before deciding whether to line the front of the bodice as one whole piece (center and sides of princess seams) or do each little one by itself. I always wind up doing it the same…but for some reason it never wants to stick and I always take a breath here!

I also spent a good deal of time on the sleeves. Copied the pattern, and played with the embroidery design options. Here are some photos….

This is the one I finally decided to do:

Here’s the reasoning….We decided that the sleeves would not be fully embroidered from top to bottom. That might be a bit overwhelming for this little girl. So I played around with variations of the bodice. I wanted the embroidery to cover more distance length wise than height wise, so I kept the original size of the long “arms” and shrunk the size just a bit of the center piece. I rotated the “arms” so that all three elements would fit in one hooping of my largest hoop. That will save time, and fits within the budget allowance for this dress. I choose the pointy scroll (for lack of a more specific word) element rather than the triskele because I thought it gave a nice vertical line for the sleeve. Will help her arms look nice and straight.

So far things are coming along nicely. I’ve got the bodice totally mapped out. It’s funny when I am working on the bodice I always think that’s the most difficult part. Then when I move to the skirt….you got it….I always think that’s the most difficult part! So either all of the difficulty is behind me….or still to come!