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Shift dress from Japanese book "Feminine Wardrobe"
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SImple (but effective I hope you agree) belted shift dress made up from the Japanese sewing book “Feminine Wardobe”. This book is full of lovely tops and dresses – but I knew I wanted to make this dress as soon as I opened it. It was an easy make – cutting and sewing time was a couple of hours. Only tracing the pattern pieces from the book is time consuming – they are even more packed in than the burda magazine sheets.
For those of you who are scared of Japanese patterns – take the plunge now! The picture instructions are so much better than most written instructions in English.
Material Notes
Lots! The pattern calls for 3.5 metres. I only had 3 metres but I just shortened the tie belt. You could easily make the dress with about 2.5 metres and use another contrast fabric for the belt. I used a cheap cotton print but am planning on making another version of this is a silk – it would drape and swirl beautifully (swirlability being a vital component of a dress).
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Novice
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May 19, 2011, 01.09 PMby wildflower31
I like the fabric at first glance it looks like polka dots. I am obsessed with polka dots right now. The dress looks very comfortable.
May 19, 2011, 10.09 AMby harmonyandrosie
I have this fab book too and funnily enough this dress is the one I’ve been looking at for some time now. Your version is very very pretty, I love all that swirlability so I think the project may just have moved up the ‘to-do’ list now!
May 18, 2011, 04.41 PMby janene
I thought you had made it from silk at first glance. It catches the light so well! Lovely shape and lovely print. Silk will look good too I am sure! :-)
May 18, 2011, 03.02 PMby neama
I bought this book a few weeks ago, and am so delighted to see your version of this dress. It caught my eye also as soon as I flicked through the book. Well done, it looks fab! Hopefully I will get around to doing my own version eventually:)
May 18, 2011, 02.30 PMby karinsi
Lovely dress! After I finish what I’m currently sewing (a jumpsuit) I have my mind set on some Japanese patterns. I just can’t decide on which to start with!
It looks like you’ll have a nice summer with your swirly dress on!
May 18, 2011, 02.20 PMby vestiphobia
Swirlability is most definitely a vital component of a dress. It must be fun to wear! haha. but the dress is really cute:) nice job!
May 18, 2011, 01.40 PMby loulourosa
Your dress is soooo nice, with your fabric it looks much younger than the one in the book!
May 18, 2011, 01.22 PMby Lauaaa Night
I really like this… will be looking for this book.