Adding Horsehair Braid to the dress hem

Remember when I said I ordered horsehair braid from Wawak? The horsehair braid arrived the very next day. I love Wawak, thus far I’ve received my orders within two days.

Today, after work, you could find me working on my daughter’s dress and once again I was hand basting.

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2″ Horsehair Braid

This time it was hand sewing the 2″ horsehair braid to the dress hem of my daughter’s outfit. I’m so happy that I did this instead of using my sewing machine. Why? Although I had pinned the horsehair braid to the dress hem, there was some slippage; however, when I was basting the braid to the hem the gap that had formed was corrected and I was able to hand sew everything into place.

I then followed up with my sewing machine for the permanent stitching.

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My daughter giggling as I tell her to be still.

I had my daughter try on the dress.

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My daughter adores leopard print, so she’s really loving this dress. This material looks wet and as I already mentioned it is super slippery.

We both like where the hem falls since you can now see a fair amount of tulle peeking under the dress.

Final things needed to be done to the dress

  1. Clip all those strings
  2. Add sleeves to the lace bolero jacket
  3. Add elastic to the waist of the petticoat
  4. Add a hand picked zipper
  5. Line the upper part of the dress
  6. Secure the upper part of the horsehair braid with a finishing stitch on my overcast machine
  7. Wash and press the dress

It might sound like a lot to some people, but it really isn’t. The remaining tasks are easy. I might do a bit more this evening, but will definitely try and finish this tomorrow.

 

 

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