Make Your Own 1920's 1 Hour Dress: Step 3, Sewing and Finishing

Breaking the sewing of the 1 hour dress into two posts is almost cheating, it is a very simple dress!

Alright everyone, so after you've sewn your side seams together it's time to do something with that skirt side fullness. Now you can of course gather it, box pleat it, leave it hanging down on its own, or you can do the simplest thing ever and simply sew it down across the back on the inside (creating a sort of pleat in the skirt side) like I always do!

In the photo above you see the back of the dress and I simply fold the side fullness in and sew along the top through the back. This line of stitching is usually pretty camouflaged, but you could always hand stitch it for an even more invisible finish. (For more on what to do with the side hip fullness, see this post where I got into more detail)

Now for the shoulder seams. Like I said in the end of my last post about making this dress, you can just sew them together like you would normally sew a shoulder seam (left on the sketch below), but sometimes I mix it up! This time I sewed the front and back together in two short 1 inch sections on either side of the neck and then sewed a sparkling black glass bead at the end of each sleeve creating a sort of cut-out effect on the sleeves. (shown on the right side of the sketch below)

Here is a tease of tomorrow's outfit post featuring my finished new dress that shows off the shoulder slits. It's a quick way to finish the shoulder seams and feels feminine and fun!

Then after the shoulder seams are done all you'll have left to do is finish the hem! See, easy project! Perhaps that is why I have so many of these dresses now :) Let me know if I've forgotten to explain anything or if you have any questions in the comments below!

(Draft the Pattern) (Cutting Out the Dress & Starting the Sewing) (Controlling the Hip Fullness)