why does nothing work? ever?

[robinsnest]

I'm following this tutorial...and the slits seem HUGE..in fact that gap everywhere. but now I think about it why don't all regency gowns gap massively? UGH. I'm almost ready to throw in the towel and sell my damn sewing machine. Nothing I make works. Nothing I make fits. I used to think I was sort of, a little good at this.

Comments

[quincy134.livejournal.com]

Hang in there! It helps if you (1) make the slits shorter and (2) make the front skirt panel wider than it needs to be to fill the front space, so that you can overlap past the front edges of the back skirt piece. That is, the front panel is going to extend on the waistband belt farther back than you've got it right now. Here is a picture of the back of one of my dresses. You can sort of see that the front skirt panel is so far along the belt that it's extending under the arms when tied.

[sewloud.livejournal.com]

thank you that picture is SO helpful. I picked up more muslin today to just replace the whole skirt, I can't figure out a way to move/close the slits that won't look weird.