Sunday, August 17, 2008
Invisible Pockets!
It is now almost a point to explore something new everything time i sew something and this time it was invisible pockets! This dress took about 30 hours to make, working on it on and off for the past 2 months. Anw, this was how it started out, but feedback from the future wearer said she wanted it sleeveless so the sleeves were removed. The hem line was supposed to be rounded but unfortunately i think i didn't draw the paper pattern to be distinct enough and it turned out not very obvious.
Dress with the rough sketch.
The connection point of the front and back at the hem line. This part was quite difficult to sew and make it continuous was the cloth tended to clump up at that point as it rises up and descends downwards instead of being even leveled for a normal hem line.
Exterior View.
As you can see, the rounded hemline just wasn't very distinct.
Making the invisible pockets was the hardest part. Now that i have finished making the dress, then i realized that you actually have to plan before hand the existence of invisible pockets (Unless normal pockets where u can still just slap the on) and not attempt to cut slits after you already finish sewing the dress.
Marking out the positions of the invisible pocket.
I ended up cutting the slits using my 30 degree arki olfa penknife on a arki cutting mat.
The slit was originally 12 cm, but in the process of making the pockets, the slits were accidently widened a little bit to 12.5 cm.
I didnt take any pictures of the weird method in which i installed the pocket though.
The invisible pocket when opened. There is this strip of cloth that you can see in this photo because the funny unorthodox method that i used to stop the top part of the pocket from freying inevitably caused that.
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12:41 AM
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