Dress #1 The one that is closest to the original pattern.
*whew* I worked on fit a lot with this dress. You can see more finished images on my site. And of course, all the construction stuff is on the blog.
Yay sewing!
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Showing posts with label linen. Show all posts
nautical-inspired: simplicity 3061
i've been hanging on to this pattern for about a year now, dying to make it up but a little apprehensive (bound buttonholes? eek!):
i finally got up the nerve (& some lovely navy linen :3) to cut it out & sew it up. the bound buttonholes weren't so bad - i ended up making 4 of them (two of the buttons are non-functional, but i couldn't stand the idea of 2 buttons not having bound buttonholes behind them... i mean, wtf)!
the only other pattern changes i made was 1" seam allowances at the shoulders & bodice side seams. i was originally planning on doing the sleeves, the contrasting removeable collar, and the self-covered belt... but i didn't buy enough fabric for any of that. whoops! regardless, i like the way it looks & i'm fairly satisfied with the fit.
what do you think?
the red belt is just something i had in my closet. i need to find me a nice brown belt!
... and how i wore it to work today:
thanks so much for looking! more pictures/detail at my blog, lladybird!
i finally got up the nerve (& some lovely navy linen :3) to cut it out & sew it up. the bound buttonholes weren't so bad - i ended up making 4 of them (two of the buttons are non-functional, but i couldn't stand the idea of 2 buttons not having bound buttonholes behind them... i mean, wtf)!
the only other pattern changes i made was 1" seam allowances at the shoulders & bodice side seams. i was originally planning on doing the sleeves, the contrasting removeable collar, and the self-covered belt... but i didn't buy enough fabric for any of that. whoops! regardless, i like the way it looks & i'm fairly satisfied with the fit.
what do you think?
the red belt is just something i had in my closet. i need to find me a nice brown belt!
... and how i wore it to work today:
thanks so much for looking! more pictures/detail at my blog, lladybird!
Newbie from Montréal!
Hey everybody! So just as I've noticed when most of you have joined, I have decided to join into Sew Retro after being a stalker on this blog for a few months now. I've just started sewing this past january and have just recently started takling sewing patterns!! So as an intro, I wanted to show you the first dress I made which is a 1960s reprint from Simplicity.
Now you'll see that I've decided to do view one, but I opted to take off the sleeves. At the time I made the dress, about 3 weeks ago now, it had been between 30C and 39C steaming hot for the past other 3 weeks. So I wanted something light. I used a printed linen which I really like (except for the fact that it has to be ironed everytime I want to wear it!!) I also used interfacing for the first time which gave great results!! Anyhow, here are a few pictures of the dress!
You can get a bit more info on it on my blog. Also, please excuse me if I sometimes use weird english expressions....I am originally a francophone!
Cheers!
M
Wartime dresses for the summertime.
Hi all!
Finished two dresses from mid 1940s patterns. Complete with all the vintage trimmings.
More info and all progress on the blog.
Yay sewing!
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