This weekend, I had occasion to try on my Hedeby apron dress again. As you may recall, at the time I completed that dress it fit like the skin on a rather lumpy banana. However, I've lost some weight since then, and the result is to make the dress much more flattering. I don't have any photos of me in the dress from this weekend, but I'm planning to resurrect a photo-essay project, and will try to sneak a photograph of me in the dress into it.
One thing I discovered is that the rear set of straps have gone from being a bit too long to being way too long, a problem I solved for the moment by tying a knot in each of them, and inserting the pins through the loop above the place where the knot was. I did not think to try crossing the loops to the opposite sides without knotting; I'll have to do that next time I wear it.
One thing I discovered is that the rear set of straps have gone from being a bit too long to being way too long, a problem I solved for the moment by tying a knot in each of them, and inserting the pins through the loop above the place where the knot was. I did not think to try crossing the loops to the opposite sides without knotting; I'll have to do that next time I wear it.
It did look a bit tight, although I don't think you needed to loose any wieght.
ReplyDeletethere are so many theoretical arrangements of straps on those things its always hard to know where to start
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ReplyDeleteAs my posts on the making of the dress indicated, I was working with someone else's proposed pattern, which probably wasn't a good match for my body type. But I'm pleased with it; despite the fit issues it came out much better than I'd expected.