Burda Style For people who sew

Description

A third variation of the Shirley 1-shoulder dress, this time as a koi fish in the NYC Mermaid Parade in Coney Island, summer 2011. Some people said it looked like coral but koi was the inspiration. I changed the bottom of the dress and added some ruffly bits and sewed it all up in 1 evening+morning. and I used extra fabric to cover a little totebag and make some arm cuffs.

Material Notes

sparkly spandex from a store in the fashion district—$20/yard and I used almost the whole thing for dress, bag, accessories. Still have some scraps. it shed sparklies and threads like crazy but looks good. didn’t stretch as much as I wanted, maybe will add a zipper.

stretchy drapey white and off white gauzey stuff

plain canvas totabag

Difficulty

Intermediate

Categories

Season

Summer

For

Women

Garment Type

Costume

Style

Beach, Evening Wear, Punk, Romantic, Other

Material

Blends, Knits/Jersey, Lace/Sequins, Taffeta

Credits

fitzpatterns shirley dress

“link to pattern” http://fitzpatterns.myshopify.com/collections/free/products/2311-shirley-off-the-shoulder-dress-sewing-pattern