I wanted to make my friend a dress for her birthday, so I told her to send me some ideas. She said she really liked this dress from Shabby Apple. I figured it couldn't be too difficult to re-create. I also figured it couldn't be too hard to find navy blue and white striped fabric. WRONG!
I seriously spent about a month trying to find the right fabric with NO luck. It was all either really heavy upholstery fabric or thinner stripes. So I settled for thinner stripes:
The dress itself wasn't too difficult to make. For the top I used the top of a dress pattern I alreaday had (New Look 6910 ). And the skirt is just a giant rectangle attatched to a thinner rectangle (the waistband). The top was a little tedious, because it's fully lined, meaning I had to cut out and sew the entire top twice, then sew it to itself.
I like how it turned out, but I still think it would've been cuter with the bold navy stripes. I was also going to make it more of a circle skirt, but circle skirt+striped fabric=bad news. ohhh well. Now I just hope it fits her!
I love this! Saw you on Refashion coop. Tell me is there a zipper on this or does it stretch to fit!Too cute!
ReplyDeletetotally gorgeous! awesome job! try finding your stripes at ikea... best striped fabric selection ever!
ReplyDelete~selina
Love it! I, too, have been searching for big stripes. I can't believe they are so hard to find! I guess I will be heading to Ikea to give that a try.
ReplyDeleteLove it! Shabby apple always gives me great ideas.
ReplyDeleteEmily
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I love that dress too.. I wonder if it work in knit???
ReplyDeleteCute! I'm in search of navy blue and white striped fabric for a skirt! I may be checking out Ikea, or just going with the upholstery fabric route because frankly with kids, I may need sturdier fabric! Cute dress!
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