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I worked a lot on this dress this week - it still wants major efforts to get it to completion, and so I'm using Needlework Monday to reflect on what it needs doing - and to hold me accountable to finish it to the best of my ability!

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This is my favourite part of the dress! I love doing bias-binding, especially making it myself from a strip of leftover fabric. Because my 'undesigns' are spontaneous, intuitive, unplanned the edges are often rough, and so some lovely piping like this can help bring the form together somewhat.

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The straps are mostly positioned now, sewn in at the back....

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...and tacked in at the front, where there may end up being buttons or a tied closure. Any ideas? Please do let me know!

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The front bib needs to be secured at the sides in an appropriate way; just now it's a tad lumpy 🙏🙌

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But I do like very much the overall form of the dress. 🪷🤗💝

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The waistband is fully integrated now, with neat stitching and (mostly!) correct positioning... The green material came from some previously-gardening trousers, which still had some mud on them🤭😂😇 I promise to clean them, before putting them in the expo coming up next week!

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And this is what I'm working on this coming week: the zip; a vintage one that'll require shortening - just doing the tricky work of pinning it in.. The expo is on Friday and Saturday night, and next weekend too, in Guardia Sanframondi, BN, Italia - at the Artemis Gallery 🎨💫🥳👋 I have yet to figure out the space, and how to hang everything.

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Oh, and the length: the finishing of the bottom borders! This white edge might need to be lengthened, or else the green length will be shortened; I quite like it as a just-past-the-knee style 🪷

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I look forward to having an update from the opening of the expo, next week! In the meantime, blessings on your crafting and sewing, dear friends!

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