I decided to spend some of my newly done-with-grad-school time on sewing. Since I love the Anna tunic pattern so much (see the previous post), I decided to do a practice dress for myself to see how long it would take me to make, how hard it would be to fit, etc. First of all let me say this, I am not a seamstress. If you've spent any time reading earlier posts, you will know that I only sew if I am overly motivated by the finished product. I CAN do it, I just don't LIKE to do it. I also have very little training where sewing is concerned. Everything I know, I learned from helping my mother for many years.
With that said here's the dress...
Frames are from the kitschy digitals fabric covered button kit.
OMG look at it! It's so cute!
And the back! Swoon.
I love these vintage buttons I've been holding on to for the perfect project.
Now let's take a look at it on....
Frumpville! Ok it's not really that bad. It just needs to be hemmed and paired with cute shoes and the tie belt that I haven't made yet.
But it gets worse from there...
Damn you yoke!!! look that that gap between the dress and my back (ignoring the fact that this picture is awful). Totally not cute. I haven't a clue on how to fix it and I really don't want to take the whole thing apart. Thankfully I just used a sheet to make it. I'm going to attempt a couple of darts and see if I can make an easy fix, even though I know this probably isn't going to work. I feel like the whole thing needs to be redone. Normally I would just put a cardigan on over it, but the back of this dress Makes the dress.
Besides the yoke killing my dreams of a cute dress, the process was fun. The directions were somewhat easy to understand, it didn't take too long and I even took my time so I had a fairly quality finished product. I'm wondering if the two bridesmaids will have the same issue with this dress? Or is this a Dana is weird problem? HELP!
p.s. this isnt' just wedding wednesday. It is also one buck wednesday over at Jessica Sprague. You can get my favorite kitschy digitals kit for a buck!
