I just realized that I have not blogged for almost 3 months.
What happened – not much. It all started with a crazy sewing period before my vacation
when I was trying to finish some silk tops and a dress, 3 weeks of a great
holiday in South-East Asia and then somehow work and daily life got over. I
went back to sewing but was too exhausted to find time for blogging.
So, let’s just have a look at my last summer make before I
get to present my latest creations. I bought this dark leopard silk at the
beginning of the year and …. Was certainly NOT thinking enough … made a summer
top from it, first. Which means that I ended up with about 90cm of the fabric
trying to squeeze out a summer dress afterwards. Mental note: think before cutting
and do the dress first.
Anyhow, I used Burda 134-05/2013 which is a nice vintag-y
dress without sleeves and I had already tested it last year (never blogged
about, because I never wore it). This time I tried to avoid the mistakes, such
as adjusting the cleavage and armscyes on the last minute.
The dress is made from quite a slippery silk, with the upper
part lined – I realized it was a cleaner solution than any bias binding or
whatever finish I could imagine.
I finished the dress 2 days before the departure and I was
so glad I did. The dress was just perfect for the hot and humid weather in Singapore
and Malaysia, it felt like wearing nothing, or almost nothing.
Unfortunately, I do not have any dress form pictures, and it
is now packed with all my summer clothes, so at least a few of me wearing it
(with a different décor than my balcony).
Even though I love looking at my vacation pictures and
remembering how hot it was over there, the autumn is officially here and I
digged out all the wool fabric which is such a pleasure to sew with after all
the slippery silk tops.
Inspiration: Burda
vintage dress
Pattern: 134-05/2013
Pattern changes: shortened
shoulder
Technique: NN
Fabric: dark leopard
silk
Time to Complete: a week
Total Cost: 19 EUR
Another beautiful make :). I like the fabric a lot, a silk that is not so shiny looking, should get me some of that :).
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