Hi guys!
This post will be brought to you by TGV
France! Right now, I am traveling in first class between Valence and
Nantes, in France. And no, it's not a vacation, it is for work... But
there are worst things in life right?
Today, I am doing a double post! Two
dresses in one. One long, one short. One new fabric, one old from my
Grand Ma's stash! Both were made with the same Burda pattern. It was
in the April edition, but it actually is not available on the
Burdastyle website. I have no clue why, because it was one of my
favorites from that issue! For the magazine, they had made it in a
nice flowy flower-y fabric. It was a little bit Liberty-like.
For the little story, I saw it back in
April and I instantly liked it. It was back when I started my job,
back when I thought I could keep on blogging every evening (by the
way, I bow to any one of you girls/guys that manage!!!). April was
kind of warm in Belgium and in The Netherlands, and I wanted to make
a quick/easy/light dress for my training in Belgium. I had a nice
thin plum and grey cotton I had bought a few months before. I was
ready!
This pattern is only available up to a
size 44 (European), so I did my usual upgrading trick. It was not
really complicated. One back pannel, and two front ones. No darts...
When you look at the technical drawing, it looks almost like a
kimono, which makes it comfy, but the end result is really prettier
then I expected...
It only took my Sunday to assemble and
finish this one. I have just added stabilizing tape around the side
hems and the sleeve arm holes. I have also forgotten about the
pockets... I really LOVE the result. It is really flattering, and
comfy, and light for warm days.
Two weeks later, I started getting
really tired in the evenings, but I wanted to saw more and more.
Also, in my travels back home, I read a LOT of magazines and I came
across a few articles about the McQueen
Resort collection, and great pictures of Mila Kunis in THIS
gorgeous Maxi Dress.
I somehow remembered that I had a
fabric almost like that in my stash. It came from my Grand Ma.
I was also being pretty lazy, so I just
lengthened the same pattern I had used two weeks before. I also chose
to not add the sleeves caps.
When it came to adding a belt, I had
absolutely no fabric left and I tried to figure out something
interesting to do. I remembered I had some black bits somewhere and I
had the idea of a multiple belt. Kind of like an Obi belt... I ended
up with three black straps for each front panel. Which means that
the dress works so much better with my black shoes and a black
cardi...
That is kind of it... I must admit,
these dresses have been the ones I wore the most this summer. If the
pattern was on Burdastyle, I would completely recommend everyone to
give it a try, because it gives such a great instant gratification! I
think that it would also be a great Tunic, slightly shorter then the
dress.
What do you think?
Do you like wrap dresses?
Have you ever sewn one?
PS: Ok guys, I just got stuck with the
train for 40 minutes in Paris, and it means I am going to prepare
another post! I'll go for a Vogue number!!!
