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Cynthia Rowley 1873 - Vintage Inspired
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I was browsing in my local quilters shop probably about 8 months ago now when I first saw this fabric and I immediately fell in love with it.
It took another two trips to the shop and a lot of procrastinating to finally purchase it but I am so glad I did.
From the beginning of the project I knew that I wanted a vintage inspired dress, something super pretty and feminine.
I think I hardly took a breath whilst I was cutting it – as I needed to be precise with where the flowers fell – some of them are quite delicate and soft and others are more defined. I also fully line all of my dresses so there was a fair amount of cutting – this project took me probably about 8 weeks altogether as I just did a bit here and there and some weeks did nothing at all.
I used the Cynthia Rowley for Simplicity Pattern 1873. I chose the higher necked version A without sleeves. I did cut out the waist tabs and was looking forward to using them but completely forgot to add them when the time came and realised a tad too late (and also I hate unpicking). I actually think though that the pattern of the fabric probably does suit a plainer style pattern.
I am so happy with the outcome of this project and love my dress – its fits to perfection and has a great weight to it – its exactly what I was aspiring to acheive when I started.
I also made my daughter a matching dress with some leftover fabric.
Material Notes
‘Quilt Gate’ Quilters Cotton
Difficulty
Intermediate
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Jul 24, 2012, 01.36 AMby flowergirl22
really nice, love the colour of the fabric,, goes well,, and the little girl soooooo cute
Jul 22, 2012, 08.55 AMby kess
This fabric is truly beautiful! it really does fit perfectly! I love it!
Jul 22, 2012, 12.05 AMby wildflower31
The fabric is perfect tor that dress
Jul 21, 2012, 06.40 PMby SassyT
Very Pretty
Jul 21, 2012, 05.01 PMby GeraldineRead
Gorgeous dresses! Agree with the poster above – I wouldn’t have thought it was made from quilting cotton – you have a good eye!
Jul 21, 2012, 02.40 PMby G-A-
Lovely dress. It suits you very well and I never would have guessed it was quilter cotton.