Flower batik dress

Added Mar 3, 2009

by verypurplepe...

Tokyo, Japan

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Description

The batik fabric was bought about 3 years ago for several occasion where I had to wear Indonesian outfit. I never had the opportunity to wear it again after that, until I decided to turn it into a dress.


I didn’t use any pattern and just cut the fabric into 4 rectangles, sewed into a pair of tubes. One tube is thinner than the other, and this is for the upper part. I left several centimetres on both sides unstitched, making holes for head and body. I cut the neckline to make it a bit deeper. Then I sew the body hole to the top part of the other tube and it was practically finished! I finished the neckline with ready-made double-gauze binding strip, and there is no need to hem the sleeves and the dress because I use fabric selvedges on them (as usual).


Making the belt was a bit longer than the whole dress because I quilted it to make it sturdier. Then I made 4 fabric covered button using remnants of fabric, and attached them to the belt. The buttons look like colorful candies!


Definitely a dress for springtime!

Material Notes

cotton batik

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26 Comments

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    Jul 6, 2009, 08.18 PMby ink

    I love this dress sooo much! The fabric is so beautiful. I wish that we had fabric shops that had 1/100th of the beauty that your fabrics have!

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    Jun 10, 2009, 12.28 AMby loulourosa

    wonderfull dress, fantastic fabric and lovely details. This is a very good pattern for a fabricdesign like this! good styling with the purple panty’s too

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    Mar 19, 2009, 09.44 AMby kora-bean

    Hey, how about a how-to for covering buttons with fabric? Gorgeous dress, with fabric to die for, and the belt is very impressive.

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    Mar 16, 2009, 11.47 PMby abarefoot

    So cute! Amazing job.

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    Mar 5, 2009, 02.16 PMby cicaktoes

    Wow, indah sekali! Aku request, please membuat “how-to”, ya! :)

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    Mar 5, 2009, 06.20 AMby zozowahine

    Looks reallu beautiful and stylish! The belt is a great touch.

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    Mar 5, 2009, 06.18 AMby lybu

    Again such a beautiful dress. I love it

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    Mar 4, 2009, 11.24 PMby toupinette

    great idea and nice fabric!

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    Mar 4, 2009, 09.07 AMby wonderwonder

    So spring-y and really inspiring, you just made tubes and it looks so good! A bit like the kimono sewing, all flat.

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    Mar 4, 2009, 02.31 AMby pitocia

    Love it! Make the “kain” looks so stylish!!!! My favorite…

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    Mar 3, 2009, 08.25 PMby arete999

    Beautiful!!!!So simple and smart idea!I love the buttons as well!Great work as always you do!!!

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    Mar 3, 2009, 04.09 PMby auntchelle

    You’ve done it again! You’ve found the perfect way to show off lovely fabric. Well done.

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    Mar 3, 2009, 01.57 PMby camilaustral

    wow! amazing fabric!

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    Mar 3, 2009, 01.21 PMby mjb14

    It looks fantastic. I love the fabric.

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    Mar 3, 2009, 12.13 PMby pumpkinpatches

    that is really really awesome!

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    Mar 3, 2009, 11.26 AMby Laura Bolčina

    Cute ;)

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    Mar 3, 2009, 09.29 AMby sew4my3

    Beautiful fabric! How creative of you to use the fabric print in this way and I love the different colors of each button!

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    Mar 3, 2009, 08.00 AMby lunatepetal

    gorgeous dress! i like how it has a vintage quarity to it :)

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    Mar 3, 2009, 07.14 AMby onlysonly

    Beautiful! That fabric is amazing, and it makes such a lovely drapey dress. The purple tights & light pumps go perfectly with it! Well-done!

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    Mar 3, 2009, 06.44 AMby dressdummy

    What gorgeous fabric, and you created a dress to show it off at its very best. I love the belt with its quilting, generous width, and buttons! It really grounds the outfit.

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    Mar 3, 2009, 04.33 AMby nikkishell

    Cuuuuuute!

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    Mar 3, 2009, 03.40 AMby catfish101

    Love this. So simple!

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    Mar 3, 2009, 03.10 AMby missymay

    beautiful! clever use of fabric!

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    Mar 3, 2009, 03.09 AMby meseide

    I love this dress! You used a beautiful fabric and it sounds so easy to make but is still so gorgeous looking.

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    Mar 3, 2009, 02.48 AMby sewella

    I love the fabric and the design of the dress! Great as usual!

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    Mar 3, 2009, 02.17 AMby teaandcake

    Ooohh I love this! The fabric is ace and it looks so wearable. It is perfect for Spring :)

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