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Dress looks like a sofa
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Inspired by Burda 02-2008-124 and changed the front neckline to a “V”. It turns out looking like a sofa. Need to refine fabric-choosing skills! Anyway, I just made this dress to practice pattern drafting, dart sewing, and use up fabric inventory. It is lined with white cotton batiste. It’s a good practice before advancing to wools & silks and more complicated designs. Blogged more on http://littlecottondresses.blogspot.com
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Cotton bought from Michael Levine in LA
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Sep 16, 2009, 04.04 PMby nehmah
I like the way the dress looks without a top under it. If I were using the fabric, which I like-being partial to black (or navy) on white, I’d have made a somewhat fuller skirt. A good tip from littlepig about the darts. No one needs to maim one’s neighbor, even if he is too close to “the girls.” Cordially, Nehmah
Sep 16, 2009, 03.20 PMby Miss_Sylver
But if you wanted you could change the skirt to a circle skirt, wear a bullet bra and become a 1950’s pin up! Then it won’t matter if you are poke-y or not!
And it doesn’t look like a sofa, it is gorgeous.
Sep 13, 2009, 06.44 PMby AllyGally
Great, classic dress! It doesn’t look like a sofa at all… and I’m now considering refining my dart making skills to defend my honor. ;-)
Sep 13, 2009, 02.37 PMby SianySiany
I love the little annotation on the photo! It made me laugh! And the dress DOES NOT look like a sofa : )
Sep 13, 2009, 04.28 AMby mrs.lisabrown
Aww, doen’t look like a sofa!!! Its cute!
Sep 13, 2009, 02.23 AMby jillbug
I think the fabric is pretty. I also like the idea of adding red accessories.
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Sep 13, 2009, 03.19 PMby littlecottondresses
Good idea! I do love red or other bright, vivid colors with black-white combo
Sep 13, 2009, 02.19 AMby littlepig
I actually like your fabric; I don’t think it looks like any sofa I’ve seen. It’s very modern and would look fab with a red accessory or two. A great tip I learned from here is to sew your darts on a gentle curve so they won’t end up pointy. Great job!!
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Sep 13, 2009, 03.21 PMby littlecottondresses
Thanks for the tip! I’ll search for the details and hopefully my next dart won’t be poke-y. :)