Monday, April 11, 2011

I Made a Dress!

Having endured a day of interruptions and limited working space, I finally managed to make a dress.  Two in fact but I have no finished photos of the second so I'll leave that out for now....batteries died in the camera!

I am not good at sewing.  Fact.  Anyone who prides themselves in perfection please look away now.....I hate patterns, (never understand them), can't be bothered to pre-wash fabric or iron as I go, (although ironing always gives a better finish).  I want my dress and I want it now!!

So, to start with I took a dress I'd made previously and sort of cut around it in a very makeshift and haphazard manner:


I then had two pieces cut for the skirt:






I did this for all the pieces I'd need to recreate the same dress, (my second dress is a modification of this as there are at least 3 of these pieces that seem a waste of time to me)!! :





As you can see I lined the breast bits to stop them being see-through and add a bit more structure.  Finally, I sewed them all together in the quickest way possible!!  It has a zip at the back which I just did with the normal sewing foot as I have no zipper foot here at the moment.  Hey presto, we have a dress!! :





This fabric was £1 per meter!  Very cheap dress and I know it fits me so happy days.  Going to make 5 or 6 in total to see me through the summer.

Bubba is very naggy today so no time to post anything else!  Hope you're all well xxx

Edit : Here is a photo of the second dress I made.  Not the most beautiful in the world but looks nice on!

7 comments:

  1. wow, where did you get the fabric, its very cool! have to say your sewing style is similar to mine!

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  2. The fabric came from Abakhan in North Wales, it didn't look like much on the roll but for £1 p/m in the clearance section I couldn't resist!

    Glad I'm not the only rule-breaking crafter! xx

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  3. I have to say it looks really nice and summery, something you would look great in on holiday. My sister would really like something like this.

    CJ xx

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  4. Love it!

    Much the same pattern-making style as me!

    x x

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  5. Bit beyond me - I am still working up to making some bunting for getting in a party mood! I bought the pinking shears to do the cutting a year ago.

    I've tagged you in a post on my blog http://qwertymum.blogspot.com/2011/04/contents-of-my-fridge.html

    xx

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  6. Lol, contents of my fridge...just hope there's no mice in there for the snakes (I kid you not)!!

    That shall be my post tomorrow xxx

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  7. Wow, thats great! I would never be able to do that. I keep meaning to learn to knit, but never have time! x

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