![Vogue 1650 with painted camisole](https://i0.wp.com/fabrickated.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_5448.jpg?resize=611%2C815)
I mentioned that I wanted to do another version of this dress. And, having experimented with the discharge paste I couldn’t wait for the weekend!
This time I have decided to make the skirt with green wool, and to use the discharge paste to create the camisole top. In the first (navy skirted) version I used white gutta and then painted each square with a different colour. This time I use thed discharge paste to create a green and white version.
First I made up the green silk bodice by putting in the darts and joining the side seams. I covered the ironing board with newspaper, and then pinned the bodice to it. This meant it was fairly stable while I used the discharge paste.
![Green silk bodice, pinned to ironing board](https://i0.wp.com/fabrickated.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_57651.jpg?resize=611%2C815)
I used a plastic ruler to guide my lines, making them approximately 2″ squares. The lines may have been a bit thick, but the material doesn’t bleed so it dried quite well.
![Creating a grid with discharge paste](https://i0.wp.com/fabrickated.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_5772.jpg?resize=611%2C815)
Then I “coloured in [out]” some of the squares with the paste using a thick paint brush.
![Discharge paste on silk with paintbrush](https://i0.wp.com/fabrickated.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_5773.jpg?resize=611%2C815)
Finally I used a finer paintbrush I also created a few subtle lines in some of the squares. Then I went to work and left it to dry all day.
When I first ironed it the colour was rather yellowish, but I kept going and it became almost white. The newspaper stuck to the discharge paste, so once I had ironed it as much as I could to bleach it, I washed the fabric gently. This is necessary to remove the discharge paste, and the little bits of newspaper that stuck to the back.
![Pressing the dried discharge paste on green silk](https://i0.wp.com/fabrickated.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_5780.jpg?resize=611%2C458)
The camisole is lined in the same light weight green silk (plain), and the skirt is cut from the same Roland Mouret crepe double wool that I used for the previous overblouse. I cut out and attached the skirt. This is the unfinished dress before it has a zip inserted and not hemmed. I think the proportions look wrong. I am wondering about taking the top up just about one inch at the waist, and also making the skirt slightly shorter. This double crepe wool is heavy, and stretchy and although I used exactly the same pattern as before it seems that it will finish around two inches longer. I will leave it hanging for a few days to see how I feel about the overall shape of the dress. Any suggestions before I finish it?
![Vogue Paris Original 1650 Nina Ricci](https://i0.wp.com/fabrickated.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_5782.jpg?resize=611%2C815)
Jennu
Gorgeous colours and effect. I like it short.
Jenny
Jennu? Who is she?. It’s different anyway. 🙂
Mem
I am so impressed . I always attach pegs along the hem when hanging a bias skirt . It makes a big difference
Stephanie
I love the effect you achieved with the discharge paste (name does make me giggle!). Very impressed. For the length, shorter I think too. It’s such a pretty, spring-appropriate look, which calls for a fresh spring-like length.
jay
Just a little shorter I think. Its hard to tell on the hanger, but maybe it needs something to define the waist?
Sewniptuck
Oooh, I like that green, bit of an envy monster myself! If you lifted the skirt by blousing the camp over it, would that work? I suppose if the top is a bit long it might do that anyway. Maybe we need a body shot once the zip is in? Still cackling over discharge paste – sounds so rhythm method to me!
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Brenda Marks
I think the ensemble looks very attractive. The effect with the different textures in different squares is clever!