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I made this dress out of pure sewing boredom.
I had this fabric lying around and nothing to sew so I attempted making a long sleeved dress (which I have many issues with) and I’m quite happy with it.
I opted for simple side-bust-darts (I’m sure there’s a simpler name for this) because I didn’t want to ruin the striped fabric. I always have issues with this when sewing with plaids and stripes. I never really know what kind shape will distort the pattern the least, for this, dress side-bust-darts seemed the way to go.
I didn’t have enough fabric to make a circle skirt of some sort so I decided to go for a flared A line skirt and see if the idea works for me (I’m always a little daunted by A line skirts, they seems kind of shapeless to me) but I think it came out nicely! I used my own tutorial to draft the skirt, (taken from the Mystery Pocket Skirt)
For more pictures ad information you can check out my blog post#
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Poly Cotton
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Mar 29, 2013, 12.06 PMby Sabrina Wharton-Brown
I think the side bust dart is called an “English dart”, but I could be wrong. I can’t find a definition.
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Apr 1, 2013, 08.40 AMby kess
huh! I didn’t know that! I thought they were called Dior darts but I may be wrong…
Apr 3, 2013, 10.00 AMby Sabrina Wharton-Brown
I forgot about that name. I wonder if there is a difference?
Jan 1, 2013, 03.28 PMby pampula
Your dress is beautiful and looks great on you, I love especially the pockets, buttons and that stripey fabric!
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Jan 3, 2013, 06.59 PMby kess
Thanks! I love the pockets too!!
Dec 30, 2012, 02.45 PMby Milena Bella
Kessem, I love it! How did yo do those cute pockets? Please do tell:) Happy New Year;)
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Jan 3, 2013, 06.59 PMby kess
Thanks so much! Happy new year!
They’re called welt pockets, and I made then using a tutorial online. I wrote more about it in my blog post if you’re interested :)
Dec 29, 2012, 02.59 PMby flowergirl22
is it pink? or purple? cute, love the way the stripe goes,
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Dec 29, 2012, 09.53 PMby kess
Very pale pink! thanks!
Dec 29, 2012, 02.54 PMby Mary Athey
This is lovely. The fabric and the shape are great on you x
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Dec 29, 2012, 09.54 PMby kess
thank you so much!
Dec 29, 2012, 02.51 PMby laurenp
This is really lovely. I love the uninterrupted stripes and pocket detail.
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Dec 29, 2012, 09.55 PMby kess
Thank you! The stripes were difficult to match but it’s so important!
Dec 29, 2012, 01.05 PMby chased-away
I love this! Sometimes spontaneous sewing has great results :)
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Dec 29, 2012, 09.56 PMby kess
I agree! I have a lot of blouses that I wear constantly that I sewed because I had no other idea of what to sew :)