Hello hello!
This weekend was a real fun one. I went to the SewBrum meetup. There were lots of familiar faces and nice new ones to meet and chat with. I shopped up a storm getting some right bargains. They’re all washing as I type, and my brain is cooking up sewing plans for them.
But the real reason I’m posting today is my Sew Bossy dress!
I partnered up with Katie of What Katie Sews so head over to the blog to see what I sent her.
Katie sent me this gorgeous wax print fabric. It reminds me of sweets and also croissants (sort of) which makes me happy. I also got the Léa dress pattern from Jolie Marie Louise.
It’s a really cute woven dress with a heart-shaped neckline, front button closing, a back vent and front pockets. Princess seams help create an hourglass silhouette, even with my limited curves.
Plus it’s just like a H&M dress I used to have that I wore to death, so yay for second chances.
All this gave me a rocking ride with print matching! How do you think I did?
I’m pretty happy with the entire front, the back princess seams and the waist seam. Only the centre back and the side seams didn’t pan out as I hoped, but you can’t have everything right?!
Sewing with wax print was interesting; it’s got a nice stiffness that worked well for this dress. I had to make sure I didn’t melt the wax with too high an iron!
I overlocked all my insides so the dress is neat and snappy. I used pink for binding the armholes and blue for the pocket linings, plus black buttons. It’s fun to have a colour scheme.
So there you have it! I’ll definitely be making this dress again. Maybe in a pretty jewel coloured cotton sateen as a party dress. What do you think?
Thanks Katie for Bossing me about so well! Heehee.
31 Comments
Gah- I adore the pink binding! It makes this really pop 😀 This is super cute and the front and back pattern matching looks fine- I hadn’t noticed at all!
You do love pink! Thanks for your lovely comments 🙂
that’s a great print. very cute, love this dress on you!
Thanks very much! I really loved your recent wax print
Great fabric and the shape of this dress looks great on you. I can only imagine how hard it would be to match patterns all over the dress – I think you’ve done a tops job.
Thank you! It did give me a mental workout haha
Great challenge! It is a beautiful dress and you’ve done a great job on pattern matching. I love the sound of this in a jewel colour.
Thank you! I think an emerald or a ruby version would go lovely in my wardrobe heehee
I absolutely love the croissant fabric! This is gorgeous: I love how clean and sharp it looks
Heehee thank you so much!!
The fabric made me think of croissants as soon as I saw it too, it’s fab and looks great on you. I’m seriously impressed with your pattern matching. The fabric you sent Katie for her make it brilliant too. Can I ask where you got it as it’d just what I’ve been looking for for a dress for my nan (she loves monochrome).
Thank you.
Aah! It’s from ebay. Here’s the link: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221417404840?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Fabulous! That fabric is so fun. I totally see the croissants!
Glad I’m not going crazy seeing breakfast foods 😉
Love it! And matching bias and pockets is just too cute!
Thank you! Secret touches make me smile 🙂
This is a fantastic dress, the neckline is fab. The print is great too.
You’re too kind! 🙂 Thank you!
I definitely see the croissants in that print too! It looks great – you did a really good job on the print matching. Definitely like the sound of a jewel coloured version!
Thank you! I think after all that print matching a nice solid jewel colour will be a relief 🙂
Gorgeous! I love the sweetheart neckline, and the print is brilliant.
Thank you! Croissants make me happy heehee
What a great fit, as a knitter and crocheter, I just want to whip up a bolero style cardigan for you so that you can wear it through Autumn!! Jo x
You are too sweet. I wish I could crochet better. I’m still working on learning granny squares. My tension is atrocious!
Cute! Amazing job with the pattern matching. I’ve just bought this pattern and am happy to see someone else making a cool version of it!
Thank you 🙂 Oooh! I can’t wait to see more and more versions of this cropping up!
This is great. When this pattern first came out I couldn’t see how the design lines worked. Your version is great and I can see the detail now. Lovely! I really like that neckline
You’re too kind! I can totally see you rocking this you know
Very pretty. Looking lovely as always! X
Thank you mum! Lovely of you to say that xx