The navy decorations I had been putting off because I know they will take the most work, so I finally started them at the beginning of this week. I cut the patterns along the lines were bias binding is to be sewn and added seam allowances to them. The intention was to then cut the patterns from the fabric but there’s one issue, I underestimated how much fabric it would take to sew the decorations so I have to put this on hold until I have ordered some more.
While waiting for some more fabric to be delivered, I took on the task of stringing the layers of the tutu plate together. This is done by knotting loops that are staggered from the outer edges towards the middle, sewn only a few layers at a time. I do feel that I made these loops too tight. The idea is that the loops connect everything and keep the plate flat but instead, it seems to make the plate droop a little.
At the midpoint of the week, the new fabric arrived. As I had to get more anyway, I took it upon myself to order a fabric that was darker than the original one to better match the design. I cut all the patterns from the fabric and went about making the bias piping that I need to sew between the layers.
I tried sewing the bias binding on the bodice decoration to start with but I ran into some glaring problems. The pattern pieces were lined up perfectly at the outer edges but the middle has become too short, puckering away from the backing fabric. Another issue is that sewing the bodice decoration used more than half the bias tape I had so I have to wait again for some more to arrive before I can complete the petal decorations. With working on this for so long and having so many issues pop up in one day, I stopped at this point. I’ll return to working on it when I have enough bias tape and I will try to fix the bodice decoration then.