Sunday 15 December 2013

Chevron dress


My first garment from 'The Sewing of Children's Clothes Lesson Book': Dress H-2 in size 110, narrowed a little for a better fit.  This book is fantastic because although it's in Japanese, many of the instructions include extensive photographs of the sewing process - like mini sewing lessons. Although this particular dress has limited instructions, the blouse version of the same pattern is amply illustrated, enabling me to figure out how to put the dress together reasonably easily (assuming I got it right, that is). And to further simplify matters I omitted the side pockets.


The fabric is a very light cotton (voile perhaps?) found on the discount table at Darn Cheap. It's a border print, but the area where the border met the main fabric has been all messed up in the printing - presumably why it was selling for $2 a metre. Still, I knew I could work around the badly-printed section and use the border and main fabric together in some way, so I bought a few metres. I was a bit concerned that pintucks might look bizarre on the chevron fabric but as it turned out, all the zigzags seemed to match up nicely.


I love this pattern and adore the sweet little details on the ribbon ties at the back. It's a great fit on R, too. Just don't stare at the chevrons for too long or your eyes will start to swim...

11 comments:

  1. A very sweet summer dress :) Love the pin tucks and the ties at the back :)

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    1. Thanks Jenya! I'm a big fan of the tie-back style - no buttons for hair to get tangled up in :)

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  2. So cute...! I made a dress using same pattern during KCW of last spring. I love that book too. It's super easy to understand!

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    1. Yes thank goodness for the photos! I'll have to go check out your dress from KCW. I really love this pattern.

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  3. I LOVE this. great dress and perfect fabric for it. Seriously, $2/metre? Off to google where this Darn Cheap store is....

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    1. Thank you Lightning - and yes, $2 is hard to beat. I go to the Glen Huntly shop but I think there's one in another suburb somewhere. They have a permanent $2 table where I often buy fabric for muslins, experimentation etc. Many Darn Cheap metres have been sacrificed in futile (and now abandoned) attempts to make a kaftan-style top that suits me!

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  4. Great dress, and I love the fabric. So you like the book? I have been contemplating on whether I want to get it. So nice to see a actual dress from it.

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    1. Thanks Asmita, I'm sure I'll be making more clothes from the book over the next few months, maybe that will help you decide.

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  5. I love this dress. Chevron goodness! Which book is your favourite so far?

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    1. Thank you :) I love Girls Style Book (and it's in English!) and have been very pleased with the things I've made from Happy Homemade vol. 2, but it's a bit early to make a call on the other two. Watch this space!

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  6. Another gorgeous dress :) Gorgeous fabric too.

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