A friend of mine wanted me to recreate a dress she saw on Etsy. I think she plans on having her daughter wear this for her birthday party. I was given a photo of the dress to use and the color scheme, bright blue and hot pink.
Here were the fabric samples I picked. I could not find a pattern for this style dress anywhere or anything similar to it that I could alter. So I began from scratch. I created a few patterns myself, and used my daughter as my model. Let me tell you she was not thrilled with trying on the dress a million times. I started with left over fabric I had on hand and made a pink and black dress for my daughter. They are different sizes so that was a challenge as well. After coming up with a pattern that worked, I moved on to my friend's dress.
Here it is!!! My daughter actually likes this one better than the one I made for her.
A full length view with all the details.
A close- up of the fun trim at the bottom. This is my current favorite trim to use. I love the pleats. I think it adds nice weight to the bottom of the dress as well.
Here is a peak of the inside seams. I always try to interlock(similar to serging) so that the seams will hold up in the laundry. Maybe someday I will buy a serger(that is the way store bought seams are done). It will prevent fraying.
I am so thrilled with this dress. I was thinking of making myself a peasant style blouse similar to this. I think I might leave off the monogram for mine. What do you think?
Cute! I want to see a picture of someone IN the dress! :)
ReplyDeleteI think you are tres talented!!
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