TOILING MY INVISIBLE PANTS...

My second to last toile, I have completed was my Invisible Pants, which are a pair of trousers with curved panels down the side seams. I found these one of the most easiest toile's yet, so I don't know whether they are easy, or it's because I have had much practise in getting these right. Surprisingly, I didn't have any problems with the main trouser panels and attaching them together, the only difficulty I had was creating the waistband and remembering all the little things you need to do to get a success. I have to remember when doing my final garment, not to press my seams open, as I realised this when my curved lines weren't as smooth as they should have been. On the toile there is an unwanted dart in the back, which I have now removed, so for the final garment it won't be there, which will make it look neater in the back.

TOILING MY FROWNING TOP...

For this bodice I amended all the patterns before hand: making the neck line bigger, widening the armhole and creating panels rather than darts. I did this as I have had problems throughout all the fittings of the bodices I have made so I thought I would save the hassle this time round. I thought I would try do the panels in interchanging colours as I was thinking of applying this to my final version. I inserted my invisible zip upside down to allow the zip to still be attached to the bodice at the neck but still allow it to go over the head. I then had to think of ways to finish the garment so I created a facing and sewed both sides together to sew a 1cm seam allowance at the hem to then press over and finish the garment off. I feel like this toile had been the most successful yet as the patterns were all correct to start with and it was just a matter of inserting all the components and it was done. I still have to attach bias binding sampling the neckline and armhole.