Sunday 25 June 2017

Evening dress


A niece was getting married and as soon as the invitation arrived I knew exactly what fabric I wanted to use!
Her theme colours were navy blue and hot pink.
I had purchased this floaty, diaphanous fabric from a small shop on Sydney Road in Melbourne for under AU$5 a metre.
I was planning to combine two different patterns, one for the bodice and one for the skirt until I saw this pattern on McCall's instagram account: M7537.  Of course the model photo is very difficult to make out the pattern lines but at least the illustrated dresses explain what the final dress will look like.

I was going to lengthen the skirt but instead ended up using a different skirt pattern: the maxi skirt from B5987.

A few other reviews of this McCall's pattern have commented that the bodice is very low.  IT IS. I really wasn't comfortable exposing cleavage at a wedding so I attempted to cut the fabric out with the curve of the neckline a bit higher and I raised the stitch line higher but I do feel that it is still a bit too low.  I will be making this dress again and I think I will redraft the curve of the neckline and facing to join one another much higher, at least 4".

Due to the floatiness of the fabric, the waistband that is supposed to rouche naturally just flopped down. So once the dress was finished I stitched lines across the middle to allow the folds to fall in smaller strands.  This definitely worked.

I did have to wear a slip under this dress but it was only a knee-length slip.  I plan to make a full length slip that also wraps around each boob so that I am completely covered.  But that's a plan for the future.  All in all, I did love wearing this dress and the floatiness was a dream to swan about in!


12 comments:

  1. You did a wonderful job on this creation. You look happy and charming in it. Your adjustment worked and you should find reasons to wear this again.

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    1. Thanks so much Delores! I do hope to wear it again soon!

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  2. What a beautiful dress and a wonderful job fitting and finishing it.

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    1. Thanks for your lovely comment daisee!

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  3. You look gorgeous in your beautiful dress! I do like a lower neckline in maxi dresses with long sleeves, I think it has to do with balance and proportions. Great job on the waistband too!

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    1. Thanks Marianne. You are right about the overall balance of the dress, I hadn't thought of it that way before. x

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  4. The dress is gorgeous and you look lovely! X

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    1. Thanks for that Helen! It has been a while since I did any dressmaking!

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  5. What a gorgeous dress, you look stunning!

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    1. Thanks Alison! I felt great in all the swooshiness!

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  6. The fit is perfect and you look gorgeous! Well done. g

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  7. Such gorgeous swooshiness! And you even seem to have managed sunshine on the wedding day, no mean feat :)

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