うち扇風機すらないから暑くてやってらんないわよ、という話を向かいのおじいちゃんとしたら、おじいちゃんが使ってない扇風機貸してくれた。
扇風機があるとないとでは大違いです。これで乗り切れそう。っていうか扇風機だけで乗り切れる夏っていうのがすごいね、イギリス。
そんな暑い夏用に、シャツドレスを作りました。布は以前まとめて買った高級リバティ社のタナローン。
とても60年代の主婦風になってしまったわ。
散歩直前のため長靴姿で失礼。
I wanted to join the shirt dress contest at Pattern Reviews but I ran out of thread so wasn't able to finish it before the deadline. Bummer.
By the way, I was about to go for a walk when I had the photos taken, hence the wellies. (I pretty much wear my wellies for a walk every day, rain or shine.) Oh, and please excuse all the wrinkles. These photos were taken around 9pm so the dress has all day worth of wrinkles, plus I did not iron after it came out of the wash. I hate ironing.
Anyway, the shirt dress.
The pattern is Chai Shirt & Dress pattern by Itch to Stitch. This was my very first time using this indie pattern.
The fabric is from my Liberty tana lawn stash #4. The print is called Capel and I think it's an old print.
It's a typical Liberty ditsy flower print. But what I found when I was about the cut the fabric was that the print had clear pattern repeat that goes diagonally. That meant pattern matching...
I think I was able to sort of continue the flow of the print from the bodice to waistband to skirt. The pattern repeat in real life is not as distinctive as it shows up on the photo above but I'm glad I at least tried.
I cut a size 2, graded up to size 4 for the waist band and back down to 2 for hip.
I also wanted a more traditional empire waist so I shortened the bodice by 1" to make the waist band hit the under bust line.
The waist band pattern piece was divided into 2 pieces; the one that attaches to the back bodice and the other to the front bodice. I combined them to make a single waistband piece that goes all around. I also interfaced the waistband, even though it was not called for in the instruction.
I love my flowery glittery buttons. Call me juvenile. The color matches well with the fabric so you wouldn't notice until you really look at the buttons.
The only fit issue the dress has is the collar. Because of my square shoulder, the collar does not sit well at all if I button up all the way. So I did not even bother putting buttons all the way.
Overall, this was a good practice for making a shirt dress. I french-seamed everything including pockets and I'm satisfied with the finished dress. I'm still on the fence if I really like the dress on me; the Liberty print and the feminine design makes the dress very vintage 60's look. I may chop off the skirt to make it into a blouse. We shall see; I need to wear it a few more times to decide.
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