I planned to make this dress when I was in Ukraine, but somehow I lost the traced skirt piece and that put it on the back burner. There are always many fun dress patterns to try out...
Finally I decided it was time. I used a Marimekko sheet that I found at the Goodwill in Seattle.
This dress is not lined, uses a facing, and has pleats to create the structure. I didn't shorten it because it's meant to be very short for BHL - I just used about a 2 inch hem to shorten it somewhat. I used size 6/10 which is my general size in BHL.
I found nothing difficult in the tracing, cutting process. I knew ahead of time that I would hate the facing, but I also hate making bias tape. Unfortunately I should know better. I really hate facings.
I didn't do a lot of careful details with this because it was pretty primarily a muslin to see what I thought, although I did pay attention to the flowers not to have them in inappropriate places, or repeating oddly. My Mum thinks it's cute but I don't like it at all. The waist bothers me. I really need to do an adjustment to the back to remove the extra fabric. The pleats don't please me. The fit is acceptable even without a swayback adjustment, but the style feels too cute.
As for the bad photos, my Mum needed cataract surgery and couldn't focus so I reckon they were still impressively good : ) (She's had it now and is doing great.)
Luckily I have enough left in this sheet to make something else, like a nice Willow tank!
Finally I decided it was time. I used a Marimekko sheet that I found at the Goodwill in Seattle.
This dress is not lined, uses a facing, and has pleats to create the structure. I didn't shorten it because it's meant to be very short for BHL - I just used about a 2 inch hem to shorten it somewhat. I used size 6/10 which is my general size in BHL.
I found nothing difficult in the tracing, cutting process. I knew ahead of time that I would hate the facing, but I also hate making bias tape. Unfortunately I should know better. I really hate facings.
I didn't do a lot of careful details with this because it was pretty primarily a muslin to see what I thought, although I did pay attention to the flowers not to have them in inappropriate places, or repeating oddly. My Mum thinks it's cute but I don't like it at all. The waist bothers me. I really need to do an adjustment to the back to remove the extra fabric. The pleats don't please me. The fit is acceptable even without a swayback adjustment, but the style feels too cute.
As for the bad photos, my Mum needed cataract surgery and couldn't focus so I reckon they were still impressively good : ) (She's had it now and is doing great.)
Luckily I have enough left in this sheet to make something else, like a nice Willow tank!
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