The pattern here is McCall's 5094 in view F; if that sounds familiar to you, it might be because I used the straps from this in the Space Invaders dress.
I believe that I made this last spring, and I wanted to make it out of just one fabric (view D, basically). However, when I went shopping for fabric, nothing really struck my fancy. (Must have been before JoAnn's releases their Halloween fabrics for the year. :D) This cherry and dot print I finally picked was cute, but I thought an entire dress would have been overwhelming. I couldn't resist its cute rockabilly/gothabilly charm though, so I went with view F.
Though a dress entirely out of that print would have been too much, I thought just the band and straps weren't enough, hence the ruffles in the polka dots. They came from Simplicity 2325, an Alice in Wonderland costume that I adapted into Daisy-Head Mayzie for a friend of mine.
As for the pattern itself, it wasn't too bad at all. I would recommend this for an advanced beginner. The technical challenges were:
- inserting a zipper
- a lining
- a bit of gathering under the bust
- a lot of gathering if you go my route and add ruffles
And for good measure (not the original, sorry):
I love this! Great idea to use the cherry print as an accent, and the polka dots are so cute!
ReplyDeleteThank you. I love how well the three fabric coordinated.
DeleteYou made a good call with the fabric choices. The cherries and the dots really complement each other nicely, and everything is visually balanced.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I might try something similar to these fabrics later for a more rockabilly look.
DeleteAieeee! So much love. I've seen that fabric at JoAnn's but haven't yet bought any. What a perfect use for it! If I discover that I don't suck at making corsets, I'll totally have to buy some and make a corset with it.
ReplyDeleteThat would be so cute! Let me know how it turns out if you try it.
DeleteGrreat read thankyou
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