EN 
RU
NL
FR
DE
ES
ZH
IT
JA| Name | Tropical leaf dress |
| Status | finished |
| Happiness | |
| Started | Sep 24, 2020 |
| Completed | Sep 30, 2020 |
| Progress | 100 % |
| Privacy | public |
| Notes | This fabric is rather bold for me - and not a colour I would usually choose. It is a Liberty Tana Lawn cotton, so was very nice to sew. Fabric felt a little too lightweight for this style, so the dress was fully lined with a pink cotton and has a deep hem facing to add weight to the skirt. The bodice section came out rather small, I ordered slightly larger than my actual bust measurement but the bodice was too tight. A lot of work was involved in rescuing this project - unpicking and extending the plackets to the full length of the dress, opening the placket seams to insert a zipper. The zipper was quite a chunky, open-ended one (really for a jacket, I think) but I liked the large silver puller on it, so I shortened the zipper tape to remove the other opening end. A lot of very time-consuming hand stitching, with tiny stitches...... This has added the extra centimetres needed to make the dress comfortable to wear, so I am pleased with it now. I like this style so will probably redraft the pattern pieces to add in some extra ease and make another version with the original button placket. |
Welcome, Guest | You have 0
Tropical leaf dress
-
Maria
Don't know what happened there, unfortunately this site will not allow me to delete all the duplicate comments - sorry about that!
-
Maria
Thank you everyone!
Anne-Marie, we have a saying in the Uk (I don't know whether this translates internationally) that "Patience is a virtue" - I was certainly feeling very "virtuous" when I succeeded in rescuing this dress!!!
-
Maria
Thank you everyone!
Anne-Marie, we have a saying in the Uk (I don't know whether this translates internationally) that "Patience is a virtue" - I was certainly feeling very "virtuous" when I succeeded in rescuing this dress!!!
-
Maria
Thank you everyone!
Anne-Marie, we have a saying in the Uk (I don't know whether this translates internationally) that "Patience is a virtue" - I was certainly feeling very "virtuous" when I succeeded in rescuing this dress!!! -
Maria
Thank you everyone!
Anne-Marie, we have a saying in the Uk (I don't know whether this translates internationally) that "Patience is a virtue" - I was certainly feeling very "virtuous" when I succeeded in rescuing this dress!!! -
-
Mirja Liehunen
Those extra surprises are familiar to me too. Sometimes (read usually) I have to think about how to solve the challenges. Overall, your dress is very pretty.
-
Users Comments