My "Pastille" dress
Two words: wrinkle city
Here's the lowdown on the dress: I'm not really sure if I like it :( The facings show through because the fabric is somewhat sheer (that's what I get for ordering offline and not seeing it in person) and it wrinkles like crazy!!!! I tried ironing it, steaming it, even starching it and it wrinkles so bad! In the first photo I had only been wearing the dress for a little over two hours and it looks terrible.
I tried to make myself feel better about my failed fabric choice by playing dress up with some of the stuff in my closet.
If you have been following along with the sew-along, then you will notice that my dress is as simple as it comes. I didn't do the pleats on the bottom or the bow on the top. I would like to make this dress again in the future, but with a different fabric that doesn't wrinkle so badly. The fit is not perfect, but I learned a lot about fitting modifications, so I can't complain :)
I'm going to wait a bit so all of you can upload pictures of your finished dresses to the Sew Colette Flickr group before I do a round up of some of my favorites. I can't wait to see them! :)
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Schedule for sewing the Pastille dress designed by Colette Patterns.
February 2nd: Sewing the muslin - using washers
February 6th-11th: Fitting techniques and making a croquis.
February 16th: Choosing fabric
February 2nd: Sewing the muslin - using washers
February 6th-11th: Fitting techniques and making a croquis.
February 16th: Choosing fabric
February 21st: How to sew a centered zipper
February 23rd: Sewing the final dress
February 29th: Pastille Parade - my finished dress
February 23rd: Sewing the final dress
February 29th: Pastille Parade - my finished dress
February 29th: Some of my favorite dresses from the Sew Colette Flickr group
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