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This is a navy blue cotton A-line dress, with puff sleeves. I inserted two parts at the front to form a kind of bib. They are pleated and have three red buttons. I copied the basic outline from a shift dress I already had.
Material Notes
Dark blue cotton, elastic, red buttons, red bias binding.
Difficulty
Novice
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Feb 14, 2010, 09.30 PMby minirice
beautiful x
Jan 27, 2008, 01.34 PMby ponyhuetchen
I like this dress very much, it has got such nice details. By the way… I really like your whole creations, I found it fascinating how you copy your clothes ( especially the pair of trousers you made must have been really difficult)
Carry one….
Jan 15, 2008, 07.17 AMby kuutydruk
I like the dress a lot. I think if you add bindings around the sleeves, it will add nice touch.
Jan 14, 2008, 02.54 AMby clairelovestosew
Thanks guys! It took me absolutely ages to insert the front pieces – I don’t have a dress form so I had to do it by hanging it over chairs and stuff, so frustrating! But finally I got them to lie flat, and the pleats match up (near enough). I was going to also put red binding around the sleeves, but I’m still undecided.
Jan 13, 2008, 04.16 PMby kasia26
I like the bib as well, and the red contrasting.
Jan 13, 2008, 03.27 PMby sunnyb64
I like the pleating on the bib— it adds a nice detail to an otherwise simple dress.