Sunday, 7 June 2015

summer wrap dress

Hello everyone, I just thought I'd share my latest make!  It's the base pattern from the pink pleated dress I drafted on my Kimmy Schmidt week-end (still waiting for another one of those...!)  This time a wrap dress with a button closure rather than a side zip and using a much heavier weight fabric - light blue denim.   I also angled the hemline a bit on the wrap, and turned the waist darts into princess seams.
The denim was stiffer than I anticipated so I used this method to soften it (minus the tennis balls and sandpaper step), and it worked surprisingly well.  
For my pink dress, I used the same bodice base but with waist darts rather than princess seams, and "grew" pleats of fabric to the center front, and folded one by one before fastening at the waist.
My scarf is a piece of really lovely Italian cotton I found in a remnant bin a few years ago and have always been too scared to take scissors to.  I finally added a micro hem and it's no longer languishing in my fabric stash, but my favourite sunny summer scarf.  Should have done this years ago!
 I think the best thing about yesterday, other than wearing my new dress and scarf was finding this masterpiece on a floating barge bookshop:
What a find.  The author has done such a fabulous job of linking styles together using pictures from different eras.  I can't wait to sit down with it and a cup of tea.   Or a gin and tonic.
I hope wherever you are, your week-end is sunny!
Happy Sewing x



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20 comments:

  1. BEAUTY!!!!! even the book find goes with your perfect ensemble!

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  2. I love the entire outfit -- so well styled!

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  3. Cute outfit. Love the skirt and button wrap features.

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  4. That is the perfect denim dress! And I love your scarf too!

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  5. So stylish! The scarf is such a great idea for a treasured remnant, I'm sure I probably have some suitable candidates in my stash.

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  6. its very stylish. so simple and so perfect

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  7. You make such lovely dresses!

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  8. I love this!! So classy and stylish. The a-symmetrical hem is genius! Beautiful!!

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  9. Gorgeous! Wish I had your pattern drafting skills!

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  10. Now this is a pattern I would love to have!!

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  11. Gorgeous dress! A very classic shape with a touch of edge from the asymmetrical hem. I love it.

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  12. I love this! It's so sophisticated! The hemline is fantastic. I love the way you've styled it with the scarf (perfect use for that lovely fabric) and purse! Bravo!

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  13. I love your design aesthetic! Great reuse of the original block! You look 70s chic made modern

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  14. Loved this dress!! Its looking fab!! Can u please share the pattern?

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  15. It's exactly the dress that I want. It's possible to buy the pattern ?

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    1. Hi Ben! Thanks so much - not yet but perhaps in the future!

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  16. oh WOW! I really love the dress. If you make a pattern out of it, i would really like to buy it!

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