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Friday, August 19, 2011

Simplicity 2444

This is actually one of the first things I have sewn for myself since high school! I have a collection of patterns and often dream of making this dress and that top but I never get around to it as I tend to sew for the girls too. I must admit that I have been a little scared of making a disaster and wasting so much fabric  and have heard of many stories of garments that don’t fit well.

I am SO glad I made this dress for myself. I love it! It fits perfectly and it really was pretty easy to sew. As seen in one of my previous posts I have many garments planned for myself now.

I don’t actually have the perfect photos of the dress. I think this is the best one but it doesn’t show all of it. Not the best photo of me either but we are all looking at the dress aren’t we?

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I went with the sleeveless version and no bow. I made my own belt using a vintage buckle and a strip of fabric. It was basically the width of fabric in length and I played around with the width until it fit the buckle and looked ok.

Pattern – Simplicity 2444

Fabric – Quilting Cotton from Spotlight ($7.99/m) – 3 meters

Notions – 22” zipper - (umm I think this was about $2…I don’t buy zippers very often!)

Total costs – about $26 not including thread

Wear again? – Yes. I love it! I want to make another in a satin or similar for the TSO (Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra) Gala Ball in October…maybe with a bow this time!

3 comments:

  1. I adore this dress! I'm featuring it on Make It Wear It this week! Thanks for linking up!

    Andrea @ TheTrainToCrazy.com

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  2. I LOVE this dress!! You chose amazing fabric and you look so happy wearing something you made for yourself! Great job!!
    Jenny

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