Description
We want to make a vintage collection with slim and full skirt dresses, so I tried to realize another draft from apfelebluete, who is already known as my ‘BurdaStyle sewing partner’. Here it is, the Nadja #2 which I made for my daughter who wore it on her end- of- course dance.
Oh my – at first I thought this could be a simple and quick project but at the end I met a real personal challenge which I mastered only in parts. Finally I made a two-piece dress. I am most proud of the skirt – I LOVE the skirt – and I like the collar but I am NOT perfectly satisfied with the bodice part. Next time I am going to do it perfect… in another sewing life… after finishing all the other things on my to-do list.
We shot the photos again in our next-door palace garden.
I have a good mind to make some tutorials concerning the collar or the skirt with its shaped waistband but I still don’t find enough time.
immi.
Material Notes
cotton satin, polyester lace
Difficulty
Intermediate
Categories
Credits
- fabric bougt at:
Jun 28, 2010, 09.08 AMby lilla66
This dress is really really wonderful! Immi, tell your beautiful daughter that I envy her… Meraviglioso!!! lilla
Jun 23, 2010, 01.11 PMby lovelypolly
I like it a lot; but I have a question about the skir: is it a “teller rock” or does it consist of rectangles that were gahtered??? I´d love to make such a skirt ( or dress) but I am still not sure which technique I should use; I also thought about a combination of boath…
best regards from vienna.a.
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Jun 23, 2010, 01.31 PMby elegant-impressions
hello vienna! ;)
This skirt is not a circular skirt. It is just a one gathered (1:2,75) rectangle. The petticoat is a one layer.
immi.
Jun 23, 2010, 03.03 PMby elegant-impressions
I definitely recommend a petticoat to wear underneath!
Apfelbluete
Jun 24, 2010, 12.20 PMby lovelypolly
puh quite an amount of fabric required….
Jun 22, 2010, 10.48 PMby momsgotanewhobby
The skirt is perfect and I love the color, great job
Jun 22, 2010, 12.52 PMby bussey
Bravo and bravo again!! And yes, I know, I am waiting for a next sewing life too (on a lower level than yours, however)…
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Jun 22, 2010, 01.27 PMby elegant-impressions
I am coffee addict but I guess, I will start drinking tea in the near future. :-))) Thank you for your lovely comment as always.
immi.
Jun 22, 2010, 11.18 AMby ajtak7171
Congratulations! I really like it – it looks very authentic vintage, and what’s most important – your daughter looks very happy about it! Hey, I don’t think I have ever made anything that I couldn’t have done better a second time around, but you are at a level where the end result is perfectly fine also after the first try!
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Jun 22, 2010, 12.09 PMby elegant-impressions
Thanks ajtak! I like it a lot to be showered with compliments! :-)))
I am really in love with this skirt and its outcome and I am also pleased with the collar, as I said before. Nevertheless the bodice is still bothering me.
By the way: I searched at ebay for the ‘Vobachs Neue Moden’… may be there is an idea which I I could pick up from the magazin to create a vintage bodice part. We’ll see!
immi.
Jun 22, 2010, 11.12 AMby sabzarap
Your daughter looks beautifull in this apple-green dress! I love the result and would immediately start to sew, but as you got it right: time is nowhere to find…
Jun 22, 2010, 10.07 AMby robygiup
I know, time is a great problem when you have so many ideas in your mind!!! :D This dress is great, really elegant! And your daughter is a fantastic model!
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Jun 22, 2010, 11.56 AMby elegant-impressions
Thanks!
immi.