I started a new project this week ... a summer dress for myself!
The weather has been so hot that I decided I needed cooler clothes, as in dresses!
Modest clothing is a priority so I took a look through some of my dress patterns and found one that I thought could be made modest and help keep me cool.
I wanted the dress to be oversized, so I made adjustments and cut it out using the largest size in the size range as a baseline. I also deepened the neckline a bit as it has a high neckline and to help with the overall oversize look I was going for.
Because I made several adjustments, I made a new pattern using Pellon 830, Easy Pattern Non-Woven Tracing Fabric. Several years ago, I purchased a whole bolt at half price. It works really great for things such as this and can be folded when finished and stored with original pattern pieces in the pattern envelope.
I used seersucker for the fabric as you can see in the photo.
I stitched in the bust darts and did the stay stitching around the neckline. (I pinned the front on Issabelle, my dress form, to get a feel of how 'oversized' it was going to be.) I have the back pieces stay stitched around the neckline and the pieces pinned together ready to be stitched. There's no zipper in this pattern ... Yeah! There is instead a seamline opening in the center with a closing at the neckline.
My plan is to make the dress knee-length.
I'm pleased with the way it's coming together and hope to get it finished next week!
That's it for this week.
Please share what you stitched up or created this week, I would love to hear about what you're working on!
Until next time ...
patsi @ Grandma's Got a Sewing Machine
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I love that! Dresses are so nice in the heat of summer.
ReplyDeleteSeersucker will be great for hot weather. I like the pattern you chose.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty fabric you chose. Looking forward to seeing the completed dress. I started rehabing my stained Tshirts this week and am very pleased with the results so far. I have one that's almost finished. There was a big grease stain that just wouldn't come out right around the neckline so I've covered it with one large white flower in satin stitch and french knots and am now working on the leaves. Waiting in the wings is a pale teal shirt with that will get black lazy daisy stitched flowers down the front to go with a pair of black jeans. I can see myself doing a lot of this embellishment, even on clothes that have not been stained. Cookie
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