Thursday 2 August 2012

experiments in dressmaking #take 2

This weekend I made.....a dress! 

As you can see it's nothing special but it's the first dress I've ever made and therefore I'm going to talk about it, much like a proud mother talks about her children (forgive me).
It's a v.simple shift dress, using only two separate bit of fabric. I used a dress I already have to make the pattern. 


I've had the fabric for absolutely ages because I couldn't decide what to make with it. So happy I finally got around to actually doing something with it!


Mitch suggested that I leave it without the collar but I thought it needed something extra (next time I might have a go at including pockets - the best dresses have pockets I reckon). Anyway, he picked the colour for the collar and I think cream suits it perfectly.

Ok, I've finished being pleased with myself. 
I'm going away for a couple of days (yay) and guess which dress is coming with me :)


5 comments:

  1. This is so pretty:) Well done it looks like a dress you will make a lot of use out of!
    Jess x

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  2. cute! i love the pattern xx

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  3. Just lovely! Very well done :-) I used to sew when I was a teenager and have forever now wanted to take it up again.. But I have yet to do it - one day.. LOL

    xo,
    Annie
    http://alongtheway-annie.blogspot.com

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  4. cheers gals!
    Annie - you definitely should, it's so satisfying to make something that you can actually wear out plus it means saving a bit of cash buying a dress off ASOS! :) X

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  5. So cute! I'm in love with this pattern and the simple silhouette. And I think the collar is a perfect touch. I cannot make clothes to save my life.

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