So I made a new dress! This time from a vintage pattern. I'm guessing it's from the seventies, but that counts as vintage right? It is a swedish STIL pattern that was given to me by my boyfriend's mum, along with a pile of awful 80s patterns, but let's focus on the nice stuff.
I made view A with the collar, the one in pink above. I liked the soft gathers, the cute collar and the breeziness of the elasticated waist. I used a poly crepe fabric I bought in Paris on my recent trip.
The pattern did not include seams allowances, so it took a lot of figuring out for the collar, but it turned all right in the end. Otherwise, it was simple to sew. Fitwise, I removed about 10 cm in the circumference at bust level. I did it after everything was done, so it is not perfect, but it is a great improvement compared to before. I'm happy with the fit now, so all good.
Your dress turned out very nice. The fabric is really pretty. I think the pattern is from the early 80's though, I recognise the style from a dress my mum wore in a photo from that time.
ReplyDeletei was totally guessing the era of the pattern, the 80s makes a lot of sense now that you say it. thanks for the pointer!
DeleteCute! What a fun dress!
ReplyDeletethanks! it;s very easy to wear
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