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The fabric is vintage Javanese cotton batik that used to belong to my mother. It has black and red pattern, which are quite unusual choice of colours for traditional Javanese batik. The quality of the cloth itself is fabulous, the weaving is so tight that I had difficulty pinning through it. The fabric has a little hole in the corner so it’s not perfect anymore and that was why my mother allowed me to cut it.
The pattern is Dress N from Japanese pattern book ‘Stylish Dress Book 3’. The shape looks pretty simple with rounded neckline, pockets, and ruffled sleeves.
The ruffles on the sleeves of this particular dress are attached after the dress is finished, so they’re sewn onto the dress and not on the armholes. I cut my ruffles on the edge of the fabric because I like the white strips on the selvedge. Then I handstitched them to the dress with red embroidery thread.
The dress has neckline facings sewn on the outside. In the book, it uses different fabric for the facings, but I just use the same fabric and added some red Japanese cotton binding strips to define the shape. The same binding strips are also used to finish the inside of the armholes.
The pockets are actually very interesting as they are not patch pockets, but parts of the lower front dress. The pattern of the fabric makes it hard to see the pockets, but you can see it more clearly in the technical drawing.
I use the side edge of the batik cloth for the hem, it has these interesting triangle patterns and I don’t have to finish the hem! Just like almost all projects from Stylish Dress Book, this dress has no zipper, buttons, or any other fastenings. You can put it over your head as easy as putting on a T-shirt. Love!
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vintage Javanese batik
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Apr 6, 2011, 10.05 AMby neama
I am just finding this now, and wow!! I love your dress. The colours and print are fab, and the shape is just magnificent. Well done you!
Apr 28, 2010, 01.36 AMby isobelm
Beautiful and very inspiring.
Apr 4, 2010, 07.59 PMby almatinka
It looks very pretty on you and I love how the fabric itself forms the bottom edge!
Mar 25, 2010, 09.39 PMby michelleiswell
I think this is just lovely on you! Great job.
Mar 25, 2010, 08.36 PMby urbanjill
I love it and all your stuff. Great job!!
Mar 24, 2010, 08.12 PMby keren
it is such a feminine, gorgeous dress. It is perfect. I love it!
Mar 24, 2010, 03.16 PMby papayabean
Gorgeous! Brilliant cutting of the sleeves!
Mar 24, 2010, 01.34 PMby txlibrarian
Love, love, love this dress!
Mar 24, 2010, 11.56 AMby melovekappamaki
Absolutely gorgeous!
Mar 24, 2010, 10.38 AMby la-perfectionista
It’s perfect, I love it!
Mar 24, 2010, 08.09 AMby bttn
I love it, so beautiful! The shape, the fabric, everything. Congrats!
Mar 24, 2010, 05.16 AMby carolyn-s
This is absolutely stunning!! I totally love it! Colours,print, pattern, everything….