This morning I woke up really early and couldn't get back to sleep. Then I discovered there was no Sunday paper to read. So I went into the sewing room to mess around with some of the cut-out fabrics from Friday.
A few hours later I had made myself a new dress to wear to the Brown Owls Christmas breakup this afternoon.
Someone needs to weed the side courtyard, and I suspect that someone is me.
The fabric is some Kokka Trefle linen/cotton I bought at Calico and Ivy in Sydney in March, when I was there for Sew It Together. I thought I'd only bought enough for a top, but it turned out I had enough for a dress. So a floaty tea dress is became.
I didn't make it as fitted as the White Flowers tea dress. Part of me wanted it to be a summery dress I could pop on at the end of a hot day, and not be too embarassed to go to the shops wearing it. And part of me wanted it to be good enough to wear, with a belt, out to dinner at a friend's house, or to a cafe.
So it's not that fitted, and that's OK. It's actually stretched a lot especially in the neck, in the making of it. Even with stay-stitching. I still have to wash and dry it, and it might get popped in the dryer to shrink it a little. But I'm really happy with it, even if the fabric has the potential to, as my mum says, become a bit of a dishrag.
I am prouder of this zipper than I should be. But the fact I had a perfectly matching zipper in the stash meant I could be a little cheeky with showing it on the outside of the dress.
* Yes, all based on Simplicity 2938. Risky? Stupid more like it. I fear I will hate this pattern by the time I've finished with it ... but it fits so well!
If only I could whip up a lovely dress in a day! So nice! I love the fabric.
ReplyDeleteHa, you're hilarious! All of it! I have gotten as far as buying the pattern, yet to use- so if you get sick of it, I'll send you my size to make some for me, no? I love the close up of the fabric, it looks really light and Liberty-ish from afar, then really nice close up. Hope it was a good break up party!
ReplyDeleteWow! You have been industrious! Lovely dress, as you said, hope you don't get sick of the pattern by the end of this, but if it's such a good fit and quick make, I doubt you will as they will all be done and wearing them before you know it!
ReplyDeleteLove it!
ReplyDeleteI reckon that if you find something that fits so well, and is comfy then stick with it.
Oh I think that it is gorgeous both the fabric and the style. Wish you lived at least on this side of the world and could hold my hand while I got brave enough to try my hand at clothes making.
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