On Pins and Needles by Chloe Taylor

Author:Chloe Taylor
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Spotlight

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The Results Are In: Ombré Everything!

Okay! This is the moment at least 243 of you (!) have been waiting for. The votes are officially in! And we have a winner, Sew Zoey fans: By a vote of 130 to 113, it’s the “Avalon dress,” the one inspired by the Middle Ages! Honestly, I can’t thank all of you who voted enough for your help! Now I just have to make the thing . . . in forty-eight hours! . . . which is why I can practically guarantee you that I won’t be blogging again until this dress is done! I really appreciate, by the way, all the suggestions that came for me to start the whole thing by making a muslin test dress. Who knew? And for the step-by-step directions, DressDiva, BIG thanks to you! I have the muslin fabric, and it’s all ready to go. I just hope poor Marie Antoinette is prepared to be a pin cushion . . . . (Ouch! That’s the life of a dress form, I guess.)

There’s just one thing that might change, I’ll warn you—which you can probably guess from the sketch above. I’ve discovered ombré! Yep! (It’s pronounced om-bray and it means “to shade” in French.) Basically, they dip the fabric in dye, so the color changes gradually from dark to light. I’m in love. My friend Libby wore these fabulous ombré jeans to school today, and the idea’s been stuck in my brain ever since. Thanks for the inspiration, Libby! So, I’m thinking I might take the off-white silk for the Avalon dress and ombré-cize it! Is that even a word? I don’t know, but I’m going to try it.

Oh! And how could I forget?! I have one more ginormous thank-you to shout out. This one goes straight to Fashionsista, who just sent me the best designer gift in the world: a whole box of Sew Zoey clothing labels! Real labels. Like, embroidered and professional-looking. Dear Fashionsista, if you’re reading this, what would I ever do without you?!

At last. Zoey had the muslin test dress looking the way she wanted it. It was perfect.

Or at least, very close to perfect!

As soon as she counted all the votes that had come in, the rest of her Saturday was a blur. First, she had to make sure she had the dress sketched from every angle.

Then she pinned a big piece of plain, white muslin around the dress form, adjusting it so it fell in the right places on Marie Antoinette. Next, she cut out the shape of the neckline, pinned more fabric to the shoulders for the sleeves, and added the pieces of the skirt.

When the muslin looked right on the dress form, Zoey unpinned it and trimmed the pieces, allowing an extra inch for all the seams. She then used wide, loose basting stitches to temporarily hold the pieces together and put the basted dress back on Marie. When that part fit just right, Zoey slipped the muslin dress off the dress form and cut along the basted seams.

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