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…Sounds better than confiture de lait or toffee sauce, having said that, if the skirt were shorter and the top lower , then maybe, Toffee Sauce…?
This is a home drafted dress that wasn’t exactly drafted! I stuck strips of wrapping paper onto my body form,took a sharpie and drew bodice shape onto the paper, cut it off and drew around the pieces. It shouldn’t have worked….but it did! Wadya know?!
The over skirt is a funny stockinette type material and the top and underskirt are stiffish cotton, the bodice is lined with an old pillowcase. The skirts are just gathered rectangles, the top one being longer and more voluminous than the bottom. I will stick to properly made patterns in the end but I quite enjoyed the whole experiment.
Material Notes
Cotton and some elastic-y netting lacy stuff
Difficulty
Novice
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Jan 27, 2013, 03.22 AMby neveenkarnes
very nice and love the blue belt !!!
Jan 19, 2013, 10.51 AMby madyb
I really like this!
Jan 19, 2013, 08.29 AMby carolientje
very nice dress, love it!!
Jan 18, 2013, 10.04 PMby asperge11
Elle est vraiment très jolie !
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Jan 18, 2013, 10.07 PMby Nickiejc
Thank you….
Jan 18, 2013, 06.26 PMby Mary Athey
Its lovely.and I do love.your fabric. Its.snowing.here.as well.brrrrrr lol.x
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Jan 18, 2013, 09.29 PMby Nickiejc
Thank you….it only really snowed long enough to get the pictures taken! It’s worse in the UK.
Jan 18, 2013, 01.59 PMby chased-away
Pretty dress! Though I don’t think you’ll be able to wear it anytime soon in that weather! ;)
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Jan 18, 2013, 03.01 PMby Nickiejc
No! Not for a dare, maybe as a wager though!!