As fans of Colette patterns may recognize the dress is made from the Crepe pattern. If my memory serves me right I did not have to make any major alterations to the pattern. Everything went together smoothly.
I made it up in a salmon-colored linen with a contrasting white cotton eyelet fabric for the sash.
I chose the fabric because I was in love with the salmon color but in retrospect it was an awful choice for this dress. It's quite a heavy linen and creases like mad, which does not make for an elegant, festive dress to wear to a wedding. I know some people think the creasing of linen is part of its charm - but I strongly disagree.
Ironing this dress is a veritable nightmare. There is just too much unruly fabric to it, including the full lining in a light-weight cotton I made for it! Because the dress is such a pain to iron I have only worn it once since the wedding - but I am planning to make the effort of ironing it at least once or twice more this summer because I do really like the dress: the color, the pockets, the neckline, the sash. Sigh!
Maybe I should make myself another non-iron version? Or rip out the lining? Or be rebellious and wear it unironed? What do you think?
And here I'll also show you a photo of Mr. Naked Seamster looking as dapper as ever wearing his matching salmon-colored tie I made last minute for the occasion:
I used the Burdastyle Osman tie pattern. A lot of strange-looking pieces to tape together but really not that difficult to make.
A version in a more cooperative fabric couldn't be a bad thing...it occurs to me also that ironing the dress with spray starch or something might make things easier/increase its resistance to wrinkles some? If the problem is totally that the construction of the dress makes ironing a pain in the neck, though, I guess that wouldn't really address the issue...
ReplyDeleteI really love it! I don't know how you don't / can't blog regularly about your makes! I'm like a child in a sweet shop, soooo giddy to share! I made a crepe on my blog. It's a lovely pattern to work with isn't it?!
ReplyDeleteLovely!
Bundana
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It looks great. I love the colour. Linen is such a pain though.
ReplyDeletematching dress and tie! wow! I love your version of the crepe and I see what you mean about the creases of the linen. But linen is so nice to wear...
ReplyDeleteNot sure how you feel about modification after construction, but sometimes backing linen with a fusible interfacing (like weft) gives it wrinkle-preventing powers.....
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ReplyDeletegreat dress! love it!
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That's a stunning dress!!!! Probably the nicest version of that pattern I've seen. The colour is so stunning. Thanks also for your sweet comment on my sewing class post, it was much appreciated!
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Zoe xxx