I'm just gonna put that trouser failure behind me for now. Next up is this Burda tunic dress (it's the brown print one in the picture, though I might add the collar from the red dress below it).
The pattern and instructions can be downloaded off their website for free, so I spent most of TLM's nap time today printing and taping all 24 pages of the pattern together. It's supposed to be easy, and it's loose-fitting so I shouldn't have all the fitting issues that have made trouser-sewing such a hassle.
I would love to get into the fabric shops right now (when their sales are on) and find a nice print to make the dress up in, but unless I get there in the weekend then I probably won't get a chance to even start this until some time in February. Still, it's nice to dream.
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oh I do like the dress - although do you find yourself imagining your head juxtaposed on the models but the end result is a bit different? Not that ever any end result for me, but I went to Cleggs with M over the holidays (she is going to make me a Maxi dress for my birthday) and I started to imagine that maybe I could make myself a funky dress out of Liberty Print.
But at $45 a metre it would be a 'spency botch up.
i liked the dress..its lovely..but the collar dosen't seem to go that well with the dress. loose-fitting dresses are soo much safer. and i learned that after i messed up three garments just to get the fitting!
good luck..hoe it'll turn out well :)
I crochet blankets, hats and things like that
I am so glad I don't have to worry too much about fitting.
Good luck
donnasoowho: it's worse than that - I have to try to imagine that garment with my head AND my body. At $45 per metre, pay your friend to make it for you!
ananya garg: you think? I do like that neckline. I agree on loose fitting garments being safer - its so dispiriting to put so much effort into something and not get the result you want.
angela: yeah I guess thats why so many people make quilts, handbags and kids clothes :-)
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