I fell in love with this dress way back in 2009 when I got the October 2009 issue of Burda magazine. The effortless flow of the fabric paired with shiny patent heels and chunky belt. Slimming effect everywhere. What's not to like about that?
The construction is very basic.
But when I ignored the suggested fabric of "wide stretch jersey" and used the light satin poly (no stretch) from Jo-anns, it didn't look anything like what I had imagined. The Laura Ashly belt that my sister gave me or my favorite black patent heels were not able to save the look. It resembled a cheep kimono dress you buy for your kid's dress up box.
But when I ignored the suggested fabric of "wide stretch jersey" and used the light satin poly (no stretch) from Jo-anns, it didn't look anything like what I had imagined. The Laura Ashly belt that my sister gave me or my favorite black patent heels were not able to save the look. It resembled a cheep kimono dress you buy for your kid's dress up box.
I was ready to throw it out, but then Scott suggested I turn it into a shirt. "Maybe it is just too much of that wild fabric." he said.
So here it is. What do you think? Still wild, but I think it is wearable now. I tried to cut the hem short enough so it didn't look like a maternity shirt. The skinnier belt in grey blends in better as well.
I am going to consider this a practice round, and make the dress with black rayon jersey just like Burda suggests.
9 comments:
You are so creative - love the flow of this pattern! Hopefully you'll still make a dress from it, but the revised shirt turned out so stylish! Also - your trailer is amazing! How do you learn to do so many things?!
I love the title of this post! The pattern of the dress is beautiful and flattering. I do see how your patterned material lacked the drape and flow that the black has. How clever of Scott to suggest making it into a shirt! I probably would have started crying and given up! It's looks great, Marie.
The shirt turned out well! I'm sure dress #2 will also!
I like it! I don't even mind it as a dress - you've got what it takes to pull it off.
Still I think I'm going to love it in black!
I love that you made something for yourself.
I think it made a wonderful shirt, a great save :)
素敵だね〜。縫ったあとにイメージ道理じゃないとがっかりだよね。特に、縫い物って時間がかかっているから。イースターは何かソーイングのプランしているの〜？今年は縫いたいと思っているけれど、どうかな・・・まりえちゃんのプランがしりた〜い。
イースターもうすぐだよね。実は全然そこまで頭が回ってなのよ。冬のウールのコートを塗ってしまうかあきらめて来年にするか迷ってるところなの。形はフィオナちゃんがブログの写真で着ている紺色のコートと同じ感じ。やっぱりあきらめて春物作り始めた方がいいよね。
そうなんだあ。ウールコートはまりえちゃんの？あの形かわいいよね。クリスマスにフィオナもらったんだけれど、フィオナもすっごく気にいってるんだよね。春の物でもコートでもブログのアップ楽しみに待ってま〜す。
コートはアーシャのなの。いつか自分のも作ってみたいけどとりあえずアーシャので練習して。ステークのWomen's Conferenceでクラスを教えるように頼まれて今はその準備で頭がいっぱい。どうしよう．．．
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