My first thought was to use the fabric (a bargain at $4 a metre, by the way) for a dress in a similar style to the poppy one I made recently. I used a bodice from a Japanese pattern, lengthened it, and added a gathered skirt with piping at the waist. This time I made the skirt wider and included in-seam pockets. The bodice is lined with voile, closes with an invisible zip and has a little stamped cat tag on the inside (because our home is ruled by our cats). I didn't do quite as great a job with the zip this time round, but given the length of R's hair it's not likely anyone will ever see this little imperfection! And because I'm already lamenting the fact that the perfectly-fitted poppy dress will not fit R for long, I made this one a good few inches longer and a little wider. I don't think it looks too baggy, and it should be good for next summer too.
So now I can stop thinking about blue and green flowers and swirls and move on to finishing R's yukata. But I'm not quite done with this fabric yet - I have just enough left to make a skirt for my little niece, who saw the fabric when she was here and pronounced it beautiful. Such good taste and only four years old!
I like this fabric also. #loversofthe70scurtainsunite Oh, the print doesn't actually remind me of curtains hehe Such a lovely and comfy dress. Hope R will get to wear it for a long time!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jenya. Good to know I'm not the only curtain-lover around :)
DeleteIt's gorgeous. Your fabric placement across the zip in back is pretty fantastic too - I'm impressed!
ReplyDeleteThank you Masha. I just cut the back pieces on a fold so they *sort of* matched. I can't remember why I didn't cut them to match perfectly; maybe because I hoped to have enough left to make something else... I always try to be frugal with fabric, which is probably why my cupboard is so full of useless not-big-enough scraps!
DeleteI would have bought that fabric too, fabulous. Great dress as wise to make it bigger, children grow so fast.
ReplyDeleteThanks Louise. Isn't it awful when they grow out of your (or their) favourite things too quickly... or when they insist on still wearing a dress from two years ago even though it's now ridiculously short :)
DeleteOur 70s kitchen curtains were great big brown and orange letters. Alphabet print wouldn't make as nice a dress as this!
ReplyDeleteLove a simple dress shape fir a bold fabric.
Can't wait for the full story behind that amazing Japanese outfit.
Brown and orange - so 70s. We had bathroom blinds with plenty of brown and orange, they may have been Marimekko - some kind of big bold print, anyway. I will get around to writing about the Japanese outfit soon - it was a labour of love!
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