An Emery in Paris
I've been lucky enough to get to know
Christine Haynes over the past year or so. I have realized the following to be true:
- Christine is one of the nicest people I have ever met. If for some weird reason someone out there disagrees with me then I automatically don't like you.
- She is extremely knowledgable about sewing and talented at designing patterns.
- Paris is Christine's home away from home.
When I made her latest pattern, the
Emery dress, it was right before my trip to Paris. I knew that I needed photos of my finished dress in Christine's favorite place on earth.
I had imagined taking photos in some beautiful garden surrounded with stunning architecture, but life doesn't always turn out how we plan haha. Our train from London left at 1:00 and would arrive two hours later. I knew that I was cutting it close, but I figured that I would get some photos before the end of the day. Unfortunately, I didn't take into account that Paris is an hour ahead of London time and by the time we arrived at
Hotel Castex the sun was setting and I had no idea where to even find a beautiful garden haha. The photos ended up being taken in front of our hotel, but I hoped Christine would appreciate the effort ;)
This dress is seriously comfortable and transitions nicely from day to evening! I wore it running through the train station in London, for two hours on the train to Paris, out to a dinner under the Eiffel Tower, and on an evening boat ride along the Seine River. And, as you can tell from the first few pictures, POCKETS!
Let's talk about the sewing of the dress. Last year I sewed a dress with waist darts and bust darts. For the life of me I could not rotate them to the correct position or get the bodice to fit and I probably said a million curse words. You can imagine how pleased I was by the fact that these bust darts were perfect and needed no adjustments, yes! I don't think I even yelled or said a bad word once! The only alterations needed were a narrow shoulder adjustment of 5/8 in and shortening the bodice by the same amount. These seem to be standard changes for me, as I have had to make them on a few garments I have sewn.
This fun yellow and black fabric is from the Los Angeles
Mood store. It's a little sheer around the skirt part (no issues with the bodice, as it is lined), so I will need to wear a slip or leggings which I am fine with. In Paris I wore fleece lined leggings and was perfectly warm.
Believe the hype about the
Emery pattern. There's a reason that everyone is sewing it and making multiple versions. The design is great (
Tasha's fit perfectly without adjustments!), everyone loves how the pockets are attached, and the directions are crystal clear. It's marked "intermediate," but I think that a beginner could sew it easily, especially if they are referencing the
sew-along.
Emery has seriously thrown a wrench in my sewing plans. I can't stop thinking about all the versions I want to make and View A is probably going to be taking cut-sies and jumping up on my sewing queue, so I can get another version on my body ASAP. Thanks for designing my new favorite dress pattern, Christine!
