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So the inspiration for this dress came from a photo ( forgive me for being unable to locate it ) of two girls with these beautiful peasant/boho dresses. I instantly fell in love and knew that I wanted to sew it ! My style is more on the easy, breezy, flowing, earthy,dainty,neutral…( cant think of any more adjectives) end , so this type dress was right up my alley !
The next challenge was locating a pattern to recreate the look and finding the perfect fabric. My search began with patterns … it didnt take me long to find a pattern that was very close to the look I was aiming for !
The pattern that I decided on was Simplicity 1161
When I saw the pattern the only part that I knew I would really USE was the sleeve part , everything else would need to be altered. Next was the task of finding the perfect fabric … I knew what the fabric looked like that I wanted but didn’t know the name . After doing a little research online most people suggested using chiffon but I knew that would be a bit to sheer for my liking . I ended up asking a older seamstress at my school and she told me that the fabric I was looking for was wrinkle gauze , I FLEW TO THE FABRIC STORE ! Once I got to Hancock I realized that it was called Gauze fabric .
I bought 6 yards (enough for two dresses) and dashed for the door ….
Alterations :
I kept the top section the same but I wanted to make it one piece without the divisions so I lined the top , middle and bottom section pieces under each other on the fold to get the length , I then added 3″ to THAT length.
I measured out 13″ from the bottom length ( that I had marked), this gave me a nice loose fit . Next I drew a line from the bottom of the TOP pattern piece all the way down to the 13″ line I had drawn out. I then went back and traced out the TOP bodice piece onto my fabric . I did the same procedure for the back piece . When I finished instead of having three piece divided by trim I only had one front piece and one back piece !
On the sleeves I kept the construction as noted in the pattern but omitted the trim in the middle , instead I added lace trim to the bottom of each sleeve . I used a larger lace on mine and a smaller one on my daughters .
After I finished construction of the dress I decided to add lace to the bottom of mine … I LOVED IT!
The two dresses turned out better than I had envisioned !
Although I altered the pattern the instructions where very clear and easy to follow .
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Today’s post is from Shannon of Adventures of a Young Seamstress.
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When Sara kindly invited me to join her Dress Up Party, it gave me just the excuse I needed to make another Cambie dress.
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Lovely! Perfect for garden parties, if they have those any more. I hope your daughter has inherited your sewing gene.
Thank you ! She is actually a artist
Gorgeous. Thanks for the review. I adore those dresses. Just bought the pattern.
Great !
Super cute! You’re lucky you have a daughter willing to wear something similar to what you are wearing! that stopped in my house around that age:)
Just beautiful