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Dresden Plate Dress

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Today I’ve got another Quilt Market dress to show you! I showed you one of my other dresses a couple of weeks ago, and here is 2 of 3. For this dress, I had a huge amount of doubt as I worked through it (were the dresden plates too big? Would the cap sleeves work out?), but I am completely in love with the finished dress!

For the main fabric of the dress, I used Legacy by Angela Walters for Art Gallery Fabrics (the print is ‘Drawn Destiny’ in Linen), which will be available in shops this month, such as Fat Quarter Shop. I saw these fabrics at spring Market and got to hear Angela’s Schoolhouse presentation about them, and they are indeed very beautiful!

The Dresden Plates on the dress were made using Art Gallery Pure Elements Solids, which are the most saturated solids you can buy, and they are also extremely soft to the touch! The Pure Elements solids are available from Pink Castle Fabrics, Fat Quarter Shop, and Stash Modern Fabric.

Here’s a close-up of the dress; as you can see, the Legacy fabric really makes the solids jump out! I think that the Drawn Destiny fabric is so elegant, and it really made for the perfect dress!

The sewing pattern that I used to make this dress is (of course) the Monique Dress, my all-time favorite dress pattern. I’ve over a half-dozen Moniques. The Monique is a sleeve-less dress, so I used the cap sleeves from the Naomi Dress pattern. The cap sleeves worked out really well! I am very happy with how they look and fit, so I will be using a cap sleeve on other Moniques in future. 🙂 The Serendipity Studio patterns are all very easy to follow and I always love the finished product.

One other change that I made when sewing up my dress was that I lengthened the skirt. I used the Dresden Plate templates from Lily’s Quilts, and it’s really massive. I made the skirt 4″ longer so that I could fit an entire Dresden on the skirt, and for visual interest, the second Dresden I lowered a bit and cut the bottom part of the Dresden Plate away. After assembling the Dresden Plates, I fused them to my skirt fabric using Pellon Wonder Under, which is a paper-backed fusible web. I did not hand stitch the Dresdens to the skirt, but rather topstitched them in place. Since this dress will be going through the wash, I thought they would be more secure if machine sewn.

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I am really really really really happy with this dress! Sometimes the ideas in my head actually come out how I thought they might, which is always a plus, lol.

Don’t forget to check out Angela Walter’s new fabric, Legacy, as soon as it hits shops this month!

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24 thoughts on “Dresden Plate Dress

  1. This is super adorable! What dress pattern did you work from for this one?

  2. This dress is inspiring! Really fun!

  3. Marci Girl says:

    So clever you are! Beautiful dress Sara!

  4. Debbie says:

    Another winner! You are really a master! 😉

  5. Lee says:

    Soooo cute, Sara! As always! : )

  6. So inspiring! Do you make maternity dresses?? Lol!

  7. Mar García says:

    Wow, beautiful! I’ll take a look at that pattern. 🙂

  8. Super fab! You really konw how to make em and wear em!

  9. Katy Cameron says:

    Fabulous, absolutely love it!

  10. Jessica says:

    Ahhh this is so cool! Love it!

  11. So crazy but great!!!!
    Kindest regards from Angela

  12. Vera says:

    You really are the queen of dresses! They are all so original and beautiful!

  13. Lisa E says:

    Definitely one of a kind! Very clever and original. You’ll wow them at Market.

  14. Kimi says:

    It looks great! As always!

  15. Kelly says:

    It’s amazing Sara!!

  16. Danih03 says:

    Adorable! Looks great with the cap sleeves too!

  17. Michelle says:

    This dress is absolutely ADORABLE and looks to be made perfectly! Great fit and look on you. Really love it all!

  18. jeanne e. says:

    love this idea! fabtastic!

    1. jeanne e. says:

      *fantastic!*, this is… 🙂

  19. suemac says:

    You are going to make a big splash at Quilt market.

  20. Beth says:

    You already know that I love this dress!!! I must say that the pictures do not do justice to the dress fabric! On the close up, that fabric is fantastic.
    Look forward to #3.

  21. Aww! I love that dress! I wish I could make one like that, too. You’re incredibly talented. 🙂

  22. opu shaon says:

    Well allocation. I like this dress. Its pattern, well design, color combination and overall finishing really makes me impressed. Thanks for sharing up something of Dresden Plate Dress. Keep up the good work 🙂
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