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Afternoon Tea top - 50s dress
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Used the afternoon tea top and modified it to make a 50s circle skirt and bodice combo.
I cut the pieces and then sewed the bodice by hand, because I was, ironically, working on a deadline, and for the last week you would see me sewing like a crazy woman on the bus, on my breaks, etc. But I found that I liked the dress so much more because of the hand sewing. I joined the circle skirt to the bodice using my sewing machine, and used a rolling hem foot to do the circle skirt hem. On the side, I improvised a petticoat to add volume to the skirt.
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regular cotton fabric
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Nov 14, 2009, 12.26 PMby lizrincon
Thank you all. I had a great time making it.
Nov 5, 2009, 10.40 PMby Almatinka
Sooo pretty!!!! I love 50’s fashion and you nailed it!!!!
Nov 4, 2009, 05.45 PMby bellamabella
GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nov 4, 2009, 11.46 AMby Ichigogirl
Niiice, it looks just right! And I really like twist with the purple petticoat in combination with the dots :-)!
Nov 4, 2009, 03.18 AMby lizrincon
By all means, it was a very easy sew, specially if you have experience with dresses (I didn’t!) .
The only thing that I would modify when I sew it again is to really measure my real waist, because I measured at hips, and then I had to gather the circle skirt into the bodice at waist level. Go for it!
Nov 3, 2009, 11.39 PMby coachgrazina
this is the cutest and most feminine looking dress I’ve seen in a long time :o)
and I can undestand your passion for hand sewing; I have a piece of beautiful silk and I want to make a blouse, totally hand sewn using Gutermann silk thread – old fashined luxury, isn’t it?
Nov 3, 2009, 11.00 PMby dingogroupie
Beautiful! I’ve been wanting to make this pattern into a dress in just the same way but I was waiting for someone else to prove it worked! So thank you ;)