Description
That was a very challenging construction that I modified in number of areas. I described all deviations from the instructions in the attached tutorial.
It is two piece dress that can be worn separately as a skirt and a top.
Material Notes
You need a very thin and high stretch jersey that does not fray easily. I use some mix (rayon+ poly+ lycra?)
Difficulty
Advanced
Categories
- Season
- Spring, Summer, Winter
- For
- Women
- Garment Type
- Dress
- Style
- Business, Evening Wear
- Material
- Knits/Jersey
Credits
- Vogue V1259 Donna Karan Dress
Mar 24, 2013, 11.48 AMby byVA
Hello. Right now I am trying to sew my own. I finished skirt, which is very easy and great model. BUT top is killing me. I hope I will manage. Yours look great.
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Mar 24, 2013, 01.56 PMby sewingentusiast
Excellent!
Couple of more comments. Fabric I used had more stretch then minimum required – I cut size 8 instead of 12 I would normally choose. The garment has to be very tight for gathers to “hug” your figure properly.
check" this post":http://tanysewsandknits.blogspot.ca/search?q=karan
also for good advise.
I finished neck differently too – attached the edge to inside neck line with zig-zag.
Mar 24, 2013, 11.48 AMby byVA
Hello. Right now I am trying to sew my own. I finished skirt, which is very easy and great model. BUT top is killing me. I hope I will manage. Yours look great.
1 Reply
Mar 24, 2013, 02.06 PMby sewingentusiast
Pin or baste a piece of paper with a number on each right (or wrong) piece. This will help in assembly.. At step 9 make sure your gather the seam that is longer.
Once you pinned piece #1 to the armhole – put the garment on the dress form and try to pin it alltogether – I then marked the matching points with pieces of paper (1-1;2-2 etc) to help me in assembly. It stops making sense as soon as it unpinned :-) Piece # 1 wraps around your body (mostly underneath of #5) and connects back to the gathered seam at the back (last project picture)
Hope this helps and goog luck to you, VA!
Mar 24, 2013, 09.03 AMby Mary Athey
it looks lovely on you and making it into two pieces is so clever. well done x