Sporty French Space Dress
...a heavily modified peasant blouse pattern from the lovely Anna Maria Horner's Seams to Me
...and thoughts also a little about Sugar City's dress (which I have the pattern for but didn't actually crack open for this)...
...with some inexpensive but quite nice finely striped cotton fleece purchase for 2. a yard!...
....and some mistakes (sleeves massive, had to sew a seam right up the sides..
...and an improvised neckline with a tie (after realizing that doubling fleece to make the jcrew style ruffle would be crazy-thick...)
You get this! (The dress, of course. Not my precious model.)
Wa la!
I am pretty happy with it and I have to say, I think my daughter looks adorable in it. I think of it as a French Space Dress.
It's super-soft and comfy and I did a stretch stitch in turquoise. A ribbon gathers the neckline. It pulls over.
Ahhh. Good to be back in the sewing saddle again.
What do you think?
xoxox
ella
ps I never post pics of my children here but for this I make an exception. Vivien looked so sweet, I had to do it.
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