I know these photos are totally silly ! But it was fun.
This is the sailor dress I finished two weeks late for the Sew Weekly Challenge. Well, I did go on a road trip last week to Oregon so I had to work out the kinks when I got back. I used Collette’s Oolong pattern but cut it in a size 0 because I was using a stretch double knit and wanted it to be clingy like the Stop Staring Dresses I wrote about in an older post. I wanted to make a forties style dress but in a clingy knit like the dresses in my post and shown below here. I took it in a lot in the skirt, shortened it, changed the sleeves, and lowered the neckline. I added bias self binding to the neckline and sleeves too. I also didn’t gather up the bodice in center. So it can be done! When sewing a knit in a pattern not designed for knits just make it up in about 2 sizes smaller than your normal size.
MY INSPIRATIONS:
I just love, love, love your dress.
Love it!!! I can see some fabulous accessories with that dress!!
This turned out so well, stunning!
I absolutely love it! What a great idea for the Oolong dress!!!
That dress is so stinkin’ cute! Hmm, I think I may have to get that pattern for myself now.
You did a fabulous job working with the knits, and the stripes are just perfect. I love it!
Lovely dress, every girl needs a sailor dress!
Great dress, and wonderful pictures.
Beautiful dress, photos and you pose very well too!
Great variation of the Oolong!
This is a stunning rework of an already great pattern – I adore it! You look so beautiful and happy in these pictures – what an amazing job!
So gorgeous! I kept staring at this pattern, thinking “I bet I could use a more stable knit for this”, so I’m super excited to see that you did! 🙂 Absolutely lovely!
Now that’s just drop dead gorgeous. You need your own magazine cover. Seriously.
Marvelous, I need some dress sailor dress like this one!
This is really gorgeous, I love it!!!
what a cute dress! You’re so good!
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Fabulous. You look like a total bomb!!
This dress is amazing1 LOVE it!