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Lolly Wrapper Dress
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Description
I fell in love with this fabric as it reminded me of a dress of my sister’s I used to covet when we were girls.
I wanted to play with the stripes and the pleats in the Marie skirt are perfect for creating the diagonal lines I wanted to achieve. However the stripey cotton fabric is a much lighter weight then recommended for the Marie skirt, so I felt a flirty little dress would be more suitable then a tailored looking skirt.
The alterations I made are as follows:
I added a centre front and back seam, so I could cut one half of each piece upside down, to make the stripes symmetrical, I left off the waist band and added a dress bodice of my own making, echoing the skirt pleats, I decreased the size of the pleats in the skirt to make them more suitable for the drape of the fabric and so I could match the stripes, and finally I shortened the hemline whilst maintaining the tulip shape.
Material Notes
Cotton
Difficulty
Intermediate
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Credits
- photos 1 & 2
Anne Atcheson
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Feb 17, 2011, 11.48 AMby karolinekiederer
this is really cute!
Apr 4, 2010, 09.45 AMby allydillydally
Thankyou so much for all your lovely comments! :)
Apr 2, 2010, 01.17 PMby seazoo
wow so cute…o
Apr 1, 2010, 10.51 AMby merrybe
great job! It’s like one of those oldfashioned candysticks, the twisted ones…really sweet!
Apr 1, 2010, 06.04 AMby Passiona Cottee
oh, Ally. You didn’t dilly dally! Vibrant and fun. And a great story about the dress from your childhood.
Mar 31, 2010, 08.26 PMby beaver
great fabric choice- it makes it:)
Mar 31, 2010, 06.34 PMby figamadood
I love it! Your design looks really great in that fabric!