Hello dears!
You’ll remember that I alluded to a new project I was working on in this post. This dress is that project. A few weeks ago I realized I wanted a new dress for Easter, but since I had a big commission sewing job coming up, which would take up my machine for practically the whole month of April, I had only two weeks to make the dress from muslin mock-up to the last stitches on the “costume”* slip. Well, I did it! And I even used a vogue pattern too!
This was my first time EVER working with voile and I actually like it! Good thing too, since my next two projects involve that specific material. This specific voile is some vintage 1930’s/40’s Flower basket printed cotton which I got in a lot of fabric which I wrote about here. I call it my Basket of Flowers Dress because the print reminds me of the Lamplighter book of the same title. With the addition of the lace it evokes even more of a sense of the 18th century, the time period that I always imagined the book in.
This was also my first time ever doing a snap placket. I ended up doing two snap plackets, since I needed to do one on the slip for this dress. You can see a bit of the slip in the photo below. For both dresses I used vintage patterns, you can see the specific pattern names in the details below.
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Overall I’m pretty pleased with how this dress came out! I didn’t have to take out ANY seams (now that’s a first!), but the lace is a bit itchy. Anyone have any remedies for that??? I can’t wait to wear this dress for Easter! Oh, and another quick tidbit, Jessica made me three flowers, they match those in the baskets on the dress, that I’m going to turn into a brooch to wear with this dress. Perhaps I’ll post about that closer to Easter!
I LOVE this dress, so cute!! If you girls ever decide to start selling any of your creations, I’ll be your first buyer, haha!! My mom always just sewed a piece of fabric, like satin and etc, behind the lace so we would feel the satin instead of the lace. 🙂
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Lovely! Just saw a dress similar to yours in a catalog for the outrageous price of almost $100! Well done! 🙂 xo ~Mrs. Seifert
This is absolutely beautiful! I am in love with this dress. Like Kalin said, I would love to buy one if you start selling! Love your photography aswell, you look sooo pretty Brigid. x
Ellie
vintagegal48.blogspot.com
Well done you, this is such a pretty dress and perfect for Easter. You have inspired me to get on and make my dress for Sew for Victory! Beautiful photos, too! x
hi Brigid!
thats such a pretty and spring like dress. I love it! i’ve really been into 1930s dresses this spring, with an emphasis on feedsack looking cap sleeve garments, much like this. i pinned one of the pictures to my sewing inspiration Pinterest board for future reference.
can’t wait to see your entire Easter ensemble. i’m sure it will be perfect. i’ve sort of been planning a dress that i should work into my schedule for Easter as well. Guess i should get crackin’, huh?
awesome job with your dress 🙂
~Abigail
http://sweetergetsthejourneyblog.blogspot.com/
Gorgeous dress! I always admire people who have a talent for sewing(which you do!)
I can sew, but nothing too impressive!
Natasha
A modest fashion blog: http://www.natashaatkerson.blogspot.com
This is beautiful! 😀 It looks great on you. I hope to see it with Jessica’s flowers.
Cute! Love that fabric, so lovely! Alex
tobebeautifulingodseyes.blogspot.com
Beautiful! I love the colors. I’ve never had any luck with finding vintage fabrics, but other people always find such lovely ones to sew with. Was it nervewracking to cut into it at all?
It was a bit nerve-wracking, but I was less nervous than I normally would be since I made a mock-up (always helps when you’re working with a special fabric!). I hadn’t had any luck finding vintage fabric till last year too, and then it seemed like it rained vintage fabric! 🙂
Hope you can find some vintage fabric soon!
Brigid
the Middle Sister and Singer
What a truly beautiful dress. You are such a gifted seamstress, Brigid! You have such an eye for lovely patterns and wonderful materials/prints. I hope that one day I will be able to create what you can!
It’s lovely–the sleeves, the v-neck, the details over the shoulder(s)…and the fabric is so perfect for Easter!!