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Here I finally attempted to make a tunic dress from the Stylish Dress Book which i’ve owned for quite a while! It was quite a simple make and it took about two days altogether. I found working out the Japanese instructions a little difficult at the beginning:)) but there are many online resources to help out and of course the illustrations in the book are very clear too.
I used a light spotted cotton lawn which has embroidered flowers and also added ties at the waist to give to a little more shape. I really love the simple design of this tunic!
I’m hoping to try the same tunic in a more wintery fabric, maybe a light wool and see what it’s like. I’ve also posted how-to instructions for making up the tunic here in case anyone wanted to try it out:
http://bolacooperblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/stylish-dress-book-vol-1-how-to-make.html
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cotton lawn
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Intermediate
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Dec 8, 2010, 01.23 AMby otrotamal
this is so lovely…
Nov 10, 2010, 05.00 PMby tilshmil
Lovely! I would wear that daily, looks so comfy while being cute.
~Tillie
Nov 10, 2010, 01.15 AMby ellohdesign
i love it! super feminine and the fabric is really nice.
Nov 9, 2010, 07.22 PMby Erin E
That fabric is so pretty! Very lovely top. It tempts me to buy the book :)
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Nov 9, 2010, 10.21 PMby bola
Thank you Erin! Yes, the book is worth the buy!
Nov 17, 2010, 02.18 AMby Erin E
I’ll add it to my ever-growing book want list :)
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Nov 9, 2010, 06.29 PMby caramia-made
Beautiful job! I like how you made it more fitted with the ties. Very nice indeed!
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Nov 9, 2010, 10.24 PMby bola
Thanks for your comment Mia. I think that quite a lot of the patterns in the book are quite easy fitting so I thought adding ties would make the tunic a bit more versitile.