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Purple Picnic Dress - Project Runway Remake Challenge
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I created a new dress from a blue, striped robe. First, I dyed the robe a light purple, and took it completely apart. I sketched what I had in mind, and measured and cut the pieces of the dress. I was very careful because I didn’t have much to work with.
I used my own skirt pattern and measurements for the skirt and waistband. Originally, I used a vintage pattern for the bodice (pic attached), but there were so many things wrong with it, that I ended up re-shaping and re-cutting all of the bodice pieces, and changing it from a surplice style to a v-neck.
Once I fixed all of the fitting issues, I sewed the darts and pressed them with an iron, to create nice, clean lines. I then attached all of the pieces, pressing seams open along the way, and added the zipper.
I removed the cuffs from the robe sleeves, and made them smaller and shorter. To create the sleeves, I lined up the bodice armholes with the old sleeves, adding seam allowances, and cut the new sleeves out at the length I wanted. I sewed the sleeves up, attached the cuffs, and sewed the sleeves to the dress.
Finally, I sewed a new hemline, and attached the patch pockets. I ironed out all of the wrinkles, and voila, the Purple Picnic dress was complete!
For more details about and pictures of the process itself, please see this entry on my blog:
http://verityclothing.wordpress.com/2010/09/23/picnic-in-purple-dress/
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Sep 25, 2010, 02.40 PMby magdamagda
you put a lot of work into it, it shows coz it fits you great and it seems to have a lot more fun than in its previous life! :)
Sep 25, 2010, 11.59 AMby mischi
wow and wow. i had trouble believing that you’d managed such a transformation without the ‘before’ photos!!
Sep 25, 2010, 07.58 AMby Kathleen V
This is an awesome transformation. I absolutely love the result.
Sep 25, 2010, 12.12 AMby corra
A+++++++ so cute :)
Sep 24, 2010, 03.41 PMby mixtlii
IT’s such a cool dress! Congratulations!
Sep 24, 2010, 08.29 AMby helluvaguy
It’s a wonderful transformation. Your dyed color turned out beautiful (I tried to dye a checkered fabric once, but it turned out bad, checks gone, all one color). Simply amazing.
Sep 24, 2010, 01.23 AMby molly-sews
Your dress is super cute!
Sep 24, 2010, 12.14 AMby artemis-ivorywings
great remake! I love it!
Sep 23, 2010, 10.10 PMby Casey Rogers
I love this dress!