I’m so happy with this new dress! The fabric is actually very special… Cassie gave it to me last year, the print is one of a suite of designs she created for her wedding stationery and other wedding paraphernalia… she has the designs up in her Spoonflower shop, and she gave some fabric of a different design to Mum (her Granny, obviously)
My piece is cotton denim; Cassie thought I could make a skirt from it, and yes I could have done that, but the piece was big enough that there would have been lots of leftovers. So I wondered if I might be able to get a little dress out of it. And I did! Just!
It always feels like such a hugely satisfying achievement when I lay the pattern pieces down on a piece of fabric and they only just barely fit, so you have basically no leftovers at all. Honestly, one of THE MOST satisfying things about making a thing, when you can manage it!
of course I had to keep this little piece of the selvedge and stitch it inside!!
This pattern is Burda style, 07/2018; 118; one I’ve made before here. This is another great little pattern from Burda, they have long dry spells with boring patterns, but you get such a lot of good ones in there too so I always find it worth perusing the magazine when I see it. Both of my versions of the dress do not have a lining.
I even made a little video of the making of it, just for fun; for myYouTube channel… the link is here if you’d like to watch it 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10PmRka94GU
We even had a beautiful day of 25C last week, so I got to wear it for … this picture is seated for “fashion-on-the-sofa Friday”
This is the 8th thing in my “use 12” challenge… I’m really so please with how it’s all coming together 🙂
Love the fabric print and the pattern is a great way to use it. Everything came together so well here!
Beautiful video showing your process. Love that it is lined — which allowed it to be finished off so well — with just enough printed fabric to make it work! Impressed, yet again, with your wardrobe challenge!
Looks great. The pocket detail is divine. x
This is such a perfect little dress! The fabric is truly gorgeous. And you are right – that feeling after just barely fitting a pattern on a piece of fabric is priceless:) I’ve been planning to sew this pattern ever since I saw your first make of it and now it is firmly in my plans for the summer. Thank you so much for the video!!!