Maybe you've seen THIS little number from Shabby Apple?!
I tried to make something similar for $7.50:
There are two different tutorials out there if you want to follow one. I found the one from "Craftiness is not Optional" to be a little more useful. I liked her flower technique. Here's that LINK.
Feel free to compare it to the tutorial from "Sewing in No Mans Land", HERE.
I was sad I didn't have enough fabric to make the skirt on my dress using the circle skirt technique, a la Dana...
I found my purple polka dot fabric on the remnant table at JoAnn's. Ultimately I didn't feel like it was ever worth going back and spending $10 per yard more, when I had gotten this yard for less than $5!
The only major difference between my dress and the two tutorials linked up there is that I decided to integrate my waist band into the construction of the bodice. They both added it on-top of the dress, after they had attached the skirt. I see that the advantage to that is that you don't have such a long bodice. But I liked the clean construction of having all those layered sewn together in sequence. I guess it doesn't really matter which way you'd make it.
Once again I used the bodice and sleeve pieces from the Oliver & S Jump Rope dress pattern. I sure have gotten a lot of use out of that pattern. I think it goes to show, once you know the basics of dress making, with only a few simple pattern pieces, the sky is the limit!
Next up:
On my birthday I found myself at my local fabric shop. I walked out with half-yard cuts of the following fabrics:
(isn't it cute how the lady folded them?!)
Now to decide what to make with it. I think I used to know what I wanted to make. Now I think I forgot. I sure love staring at it...
3 comments:
Sew adorable!! What a bargain!
I don't think the circle skirt was necessary. Sure it would have made twirling more fun, but I think the gathered skirt looks a little more sophisticated.
I have that pattern. For some reason I don't think I could use the bodice or sleeve pattern to recreate what you did. You're some what of a dressmaking genius!! :)
And, really you have no idea what you were going to do with those fabrics?? I love the color scheme. Can't wait to see what you do with them!
The only reason you might not be able to make a dress with those same pattern pieces is because you are in the sleep deprivation phase of babyhood right now.
Seriously, I don't know exactly what I was thinking when I bought that fabric. Obviously it was meant to be turned into something tremendous. At one point I had visions of some sort of a skirt. But I just can't quite remember anymore!!
I love that you got a bunch of solids with pop. Often, the prints you buy have pop, but I said a little "oooh!" when I saw your little stack of solids.
Thimble Pleasures? I got the same kick out of how they folded my small stack one day.
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