Dress for me! Built By Wendy 3835
Apr 15, 2013 More selfish sewing. Love it. The other day I went to a fabric and notions store up the street from my work, and found some cool ass polyester something-or-other on sale for $2. That’s right y’all, two dollars. So. I snatched it up knowing it would make a great dress for warmer weather.
I sewed it up using BBW 3835, in the longer dress version. Gathered yoke, tie sleeves, back darts and zipper. I’ve made the shirt version of this pattern a trillion times, but not the dress version with the zipper. It wasn’t that hard, but the material was slippery as shit and gave me fits.
The armbands are too tight, though. If I make this again (and that’s a very big if) I will have to adjust the fit there. Everywhere else it fits great, not too fitted but it doesn’t end up looking like a tent, either.
Love the patch pockets. I tried to match the stripes, but fuck it. I’m not that kind of seamstress.
Love the retro look, like something I could’ve found in a thrift shop somewhere. And lemme tell you, I’m really proud of what a good job I did on this dress. I WILL break my arm patting myself on the back, thankyouverymuch.
Reader Comments (2)
It's really, really beautiful. You did an excellent job, and you look incredible in it. <3
CUTE! Absolutely LOVE the shoes :)