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.
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.
I had my daughter try on the dress.
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
- Clip all those strings
- Add sleeves to the lace bolero jacket
- Add elastic to the waist of the petticoat
- Add a hand picked zipper
- Line the upper part of the dress
- Secure the upper part of the horsehair braid with a finishing stitch on my overcast machine
- 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.