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Description
There have been some wonderful African prints this summer, both in the shops and on Burda Style. With this in mind, I bought some African wax print fabric at East Street Market in Walworth, London for £10 – which turned out to be enough to make 2 dresses and 1 skirt.
This dress is from a vintage 1950s sun dress pattern. I think that the combination of vintage fabric and African print fabric gives it a nice, contemporary look. The fabric is stiff enough to give some shape to the full 1950s skirt.
I added a patch pocket which is rather usefully just big enough to hold a paperback book… the dress is also great for twirling!
Material Notes
African wax print cotton
Difficulty
Novice
Categories
Credits
- McCalls
pattern
- Beth (my sister)
photos
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Jun 29, 2012, 07.51 AMby kess
love this! Very beautiful!!
Apr 10, 2012, 06.43 AMby Beth De Wit
Wow, Absolutely love this dress! You look stunning in it ;-) I’m looking everywhere to find the pattern so I can try it out myself. But no luck so far :-( Anyone any idea where to find one?
Nov 2, 2010, 11.07 PMby hattyfingers
Wonderfully done! I am inspired!
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May 24, 2011, 07.08 AMby Mamta Sharma
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Jun 18, 2010, 11.20 AMby cdonovan
this is stunning!! I am desperately trying to find the pattern so i can make my birthday dress!
Mar 21, 2010, 12.09 PMby maatranut
I love the design of the dress and I am impressed how such a pattern be vintage patterns. I love your dress.
Nov 20, 2009, 03.36 AMby petitmoutonbleu
i like it sooo much!!!! very fun to wear !!!
Jun 25, 2009, 07.47 AMby madebymanda
I Love Love Love this dress!!! The Fabric, The Design, loves it all!!
Dec 7, 2008, 06.15 AMby africanprincess
Wow! lovely dress. I love the African fabric used. I get my fabrics from www.ankarahotspot.com .They do great prints as well and very good quality. Keep up the good work
Nov 8, 2008, 08.56 AMby leeavent
Great job! I’ve bought some vintage patterns as well and I find that they are always too big in the waist, not very fitted. Yours looks like it fits very nicely, did you have to take in the waist or did it fit as is?
Sep 17, 2008, 02.32 AMby mmmrphs
Your description is spot on. Thank you for the inspiration!
Aug 22, 2008, 02.19 AMby bricklaner
Hi Cassie,
Love the dress! Beth did a great job with the photos too. Thanks for giving me the heads up about this site – i’ve already started ‘queuing’ up several projects.
xx
Aug 21, 2008, 07.42 PMby feliceskye
Fan-tab!!! Love it!
Aug 16, 2008, 05.33 PMby yoshimi
I love your dress! This is very beautiful and suits you so well. (I love your shoes, too.)
Aug 16, 2008, 01.06 PMby craftdinner
love it!
Aug 13, 2008, 11.06 AMby corduroysarcasm
i love love love this dress! as soon as i saw it i went on ebay to look for the vintage pattern. great job…i’m inspired!!
Aug 12, 2008, 03.52 PMby kortison
This dress is great! Love the fabric and print! Really nice job :)
Aug 12, 2008, 06.07 AMby somif
this is adoooorable
Aug 11, 2008, 07.27 PMby carlatv
It looks amazing on you. Great choice of fabric, it really makes the dress modern.
Aug 11, 2008, 05.22 AMby lybu
Great. I like this fabric and shape
Aug 10, 2008, 11.12 AMby jd98
amazing result! great idea mixing the vintage style pattern with ethnic print!
Aug 10, 2008, 08.51 AMby lauriana
I think your dress looks great! I’m a recent convict to the case of vintage styles myself, and I love how this pattern works with the fabric.
Aug 10, 2008, 07.22 AMby mrsbowles
Fabulous idea and very nicely done. Love it!
Aug 10, 2008, 03.25 AMby cassielouise
Thank you for your lovely comments! I was very pleased with the way the dress turned out… and exta pleased that it survived being washed (which is how I manage to ruin most of the things I make!).
Aug 9, 2008, 11.23 PMby fabricaddict
Wow your dress is amazing! it fits you perfectly, the fabric is fantastic and your twirling pics are so much fun!
Aug 9, 2008, 07.57 PMby littlebutton
Your dress is gorgeous – quirky and stylish at the same time. I’m also loving those shoes BTW.
Aug 9, 2008, 05.59 PMby polychromatin
Looks great! I’m also trying some old patterns form the 50ies. Your dress is super, great combination with that african fabric!
Aug 9, 2008, 03.26 PMby sunnyb64
I agree with you— the print makes it look very updated! Nice job!
Aug 9, 2008, 03.12 PMby mjb14
You look so beautiful. I love the print and style of the dress. I want one!
Aug 9, 2008, 01.55 PMby starryjess
This is so beautiful! You must be really pleased
Aug 9, 2008, 11.56 AMby karencilla
super chic!!! i looks so beautiful!