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Purple "Duro" Dress
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I made this dress from Simplicity 4072, View B. I hadn’t planned to use this fabric for this dress, but once I brought the purple jersey home and started thinking about what to do with it, I couldn’t resist! I liked the idea of the tone-on-tone and purple is one of my favorites at the moment! The jersey is my favorite kind- lightweight and very stretchy (4-way). I especially like (and was not aniticipating) that the dress brings so much volume to my upper half and almost makes my hips look small! woohoo!
I had quite a few issues with this dress, mostly having to do with my choice to use slippery satin on all of the difficult pieces. There are lots of somewhat visible issues, but that’s ok, because I love it anyway :) haha
Read all about it at my NEW blog!
Material Notes
Both fabrics are from Walmart rayon-poly jersey- $3 a yard poly satin- $2 a yard discounted
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Nov 23, 2008, 02.27 PMby cowlina
nice one….Ilove purple and it fits u perfect..
Nov 18, 2008, 02.54 PMby madscouser
I love it – looks great, fits really well and the colours are great – I wanna make it now! :-)
Nov 18, 2008, 09.03 AMby carottesauvage
I love the simplicity of the cut!
Nov 17, 2008, 11.34 PMby erdronen
thank you all for your comments! so nice of you! i definitely agree about the bow, and if it will stay (satin is slippery!) i will definitely take that suggestion!
Nov 17, 2008, 04.10 PMby supababba
awesome dress!! looks gorgeous on you! i think it would look even better if you tied a bow on the back… ;O)
Nov 17, 2008, 11.16 AMby abucketfulofheather
This is beautiful! I love the satin edges, makes it so classy~
Nov 17, 2008, 09.38 AMby julies
what a coinky-dink! I’ve had this pattern on the shelf for months and was just about to start working on it today! Thanks for sharing. Your back view is really helpful as the pattern envelope doesn’t show it.
Nov 17, 2008, 09.17 AMby pinksalamander
Wow, I love it! I have a dress similar to this that I really like. Didn’t know there was a Simplicity pattern similar!
Nov 17, 2008, 09.15 AMby jmcentee
Very pretty. I love the colors!
Nov 17, 2008, 08.41 AMby polychromatin
Looks great! I especially like the fabric combination, great idea!
Nov 17, 2008, 08.28 AMby justmica
It’s awesome!!! Love it!!
Nov 17, 2008, 05.49 AMby teresaschwarz
cute! love the color
Nov 17, 2008, 05.44 AMby emlj
this is so great, very pretty (LOVE the shoes btw!)
Nov 17, 2008, 05.40 AMby fraufrohlich
great dress, very well done and it suits you perfect!! you look fabulous!
Nov 17, 2008, 04.43 AMby lybu
Very pretty
Nov 17, 2008, 04.09 AMby bola
hehe your hips are small already!! I love the colours you have used!! and the dress style too – great make!!
Nov 17, 2008, 04.09 AMby sewella
I agree! The dress is lovely!
Nov 17, 2008, 03.52 AMby ghainskom
nice job! And I like the shoes, too :)