This little red dress (below) was probably one of the first "harder" things I made. The material was pretty cheap and has not held up as well as it might have, but the look is easy and it has gotten a lot of wear. On examining it for this make, I found sooooo many mistakes - some known and some a surprise! Live and learn, right???
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| But, with that history and this inspo, I wanted to make another! |
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| With that, I opted for a longer, sleeveless version. My only real complaint with the first dress was that the "waist" was a bit high for me - something I've learned to deal with ahead of time since. So, I lowered that by an inch. Additionally, as many other sewists had noted - given the way the pattern has you insert elastic to the waist, stopping about an inch to either side of the button band - the dress tends to gap open in that area. I had to add snaps there to fix the problem in my red version. For this one, rather than use elastic, I simply made two button holes, one on either side of the button band, and inserted a tie all the way round through the tunnel made for the elastic! Problem solved. My "tie" may, or may not, be a shoe lace!!! Hey, use what you've got! |
Pretty happy with my fun easy summer dress!! I can see one in linen for next year. Sew chaotically!!! - les
That looks so pretty on you ~ and I must say, you are well coordinated with your rug and door! ;)
ReplyDeleteIt's all about that BLUE!!! Hee hee!!
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