Ah, a new season is beginning, which means I get to pull out
my old summer favorites, and contemplate new projects yet to be made. :) I love
summer in all its warmth and freedom! No more heavy coats... bare feet all day
long! Sunshine and flowers in abundance!
This dress is a summer favorite. I love plaid and I really
like green and brown and earth tones.
This was my second ever 1950's dress. I designed it using a
few elements of several dresses I'd seen on Pinterest, then I drafted a
pattern. It was my first time drafting, and thus just a BIT scary. ;)
Fortunately the design was simple and an easy one to draft.
The skirt is a half circle. I matched up the plaid on the
center front and back seems so that it would look like a diamond print. I love all the details that
can be made just utilizing plaids or stripes at different angles! It's so much
fun to discover all the different ways to take advantage of self trimming with
plaids and stripes.
All of the neck and sleeve trim is made from the fabric cut
on the bias. I love how the knotted trim idea I found turned out. I'm so glad I decided to go for it!
:)
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