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I’m calling this dress the NSFW dress, not that it was ever mean’t to be worn to work ;)
I LOVE this fabric which I got in Wellington, it’s a beautiful quality cotton boarder print and that’s what saved this dress which I picked apart 4 times an eventually redesigned almost from scratch because it just looked terrible on me! The last two pics show you how the original pattern was meant to look and how it looked on me :( ugh!
So not everything always goes to plan…anyway, I stuck with it and now I love it and I learned a valuable lesson. You’re thinking it’s that I should have made a muslin but the actual lesson I learnt was that if I stick with it and think through each problem, don’t give up, I can come out of it with a dress I really like.
See how I saved this monstrosity on my blog
Material Notes
Boarder print cotton, plain cotton underlining, invisible zipper & thread
Difficulty
Intermediate
Categories
Credits
- Fabric
The Fabric Warehouse, Wellington, NZ
- Pattern
Dress #12 – Patrones 289
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Aug 22, 2011, 05.09 AMby melissalexandar
so glad you finished this project!! it looks great on you!!
Apr 23, 2011, 11.15 PMby tanitisis
That turned out gorgeous! So glad you took the time and effort to save it… What a lovely fabric.
Apr 23, 2011, 04.13 PMby andreasmith762
you made it better! Bravo!
Apr 23, 2011, 02.17 PMby wendymichelle1015
So cute! And fits you very nicely :)
Apr 23, 2011, 08.55 AMby mai92
Love the fabric you’ve used and the dress looks very nice on you :)