(I should have pulled it down at the front a bit, there are red buttons on the shoulders)
I took to wearing a cotton frock over my swimsuit last summer, so I could pop into a cafe or go to the shops on the way home from the beach. I was using the floral vintage frock I bought at the Alameda flea market.
The metal zip on that frock was a bit burny on hot days, so I decided to make a pop-over frock for this year.
I have had this rick rack print fabric for a few years, and looked through the pattern stash for a frock with a centre front seam I could chevron.
I found Simplicity 8024, and used the view shown in white, second from the right. Because I cut on the bias to do the chevron, I was able to forgo a zip altogether, yay!
Quick and easy, swingy and breezy!
6 comments:
What a great dress!!!
Your chevrons ROCK! I am all admiration (and full of wonder as to why I didn't get that rickrack too. Why?).
Today, instead of sewing my sludgy green frock, I mopped the kitchen floor, organised another 1/3 of my long neglected room, did the washing and vacuuming, and made a curry. As you know, apart from cooking, these urges to clean are so rare that I felt I should give in.
But now I am sad I don't have a new frock for tomorrow.
Cute little number!
Forgive my honesty, but I think this dress would look better with a belt. The pattern matching is enviable.
Awesome use of that fabric, your chevrons indeed rock!
So cute! And that pattern is amazing, hopefully you will make more things from it.
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