This dress is quite different from the shapes that I usually
wear. I’ve got an hourglass figure and I tend to gravitate towards dresses that
will accentuate my waist. But when I saw the Chloe dress from Victory Patterns I
really liked its simplicity. Then when I was at Purl Soho and saw the polka
dotted Japanese bias tape I knew I had to make the Chloe dress with it!
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| Much better fit |
At first I was going to use the bias tape around the
neckline but then a friend suggested to use it as a sleeve binding instead.
Great idea! I think the bias tape as a sleeve binding really accentuates the
form of the dress.
The zipper isn’t really invisible, but I made this dress
before I got my new invisible zipper foot.. Ahh well, what can you do..
I might still add some buttons in the middle of the pockets,
now they have a tendency to open when I’m sitting. I also accidentally serged a bit of one side to the seam
allowance as you can see in this picture, but I’m getting my seamripper out tonight!
Problem solved!
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| Oops.. |
Overall I’m really happy with this dress, even though I
still have to get used to wearing a loose-fitted dress. After asking my
boyfriend he said it looked really good and that the shape of the dress looks
good on me. When we were on holiday and I asked him what to wear one evening,
he even suggested this dress, I’ll believe him then!
A final seaside dinner drinks picture, since I'm already longing for another holiday! Which won't be until November probably..
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| With my dad and my boyfriend, the colours are real, no Photoshop! |
