Sidenkleid Mit Rosenprint: The Conclusion

In part 1, I ripped out a photo from a German magazine and ripped off the Prada dress pictured therein (but as a skirt). When we left off, I was just getting ready to make the gathered waistband. To do this, I stitched a length of grosgrain ribbon to the reverse side of the skirt. Using clear thread in the bobbin makes the stitching virtually invisible on the outside.



Threading the elastic through the sewn-on ribbon, the gathers emerge.



This view of the bottom edge, hemmed inside-out to show the blue reverse of the fabric, also gives a glimpse of the French seam running down the side. (A normal seam wouldn't have worked with the inside-out hem.)

Et voila!

Altogether, a very easy project.