Saturday 19 July 2014

New Look 6184 - Fitted Sheath Dress


I fell in love with this dress as soon as I saw it! I loved how it was such a classic, flattering cut which could be used to show off some amazing prints! 

Sherbie wanted to be in the picture too!

This dress was unlined, but I like lining to make the inside finished beautifully and slip on easily.
I used an Italian static-free viscose/poly lining and a black and white rose print cotton poplin for the dress. To line, I simply omitted the facings and cut the dress pieces out of the lining. I always make the lining of a dress first because it is a cheaper fabric and serves as a muslin/toile should I need to alter anything. Luckily this baby fit right out of the packet. I cut a 14.



 Cutting out the lining...





Love that square neckline and the pleats!





 I'm always scared to cut into pretty new fabric!!!






 Narrow hem for vent. This dress didn't really need a vent, but I'm still glad to have it there in case I need to run :p



 Thane came to roll on my dress pieces... clearly there wasn't enough cat hair on there for his liking!









Overly-affectionate cat making my sewing harder...


Using the AMAZING wash-away wonder tape to position my invisible zipper!


 He also helped apply the zipper by chasing after and grabbing the zipper tape! tsk tsk

LOVE my invisible zipper foot!! 


Arm-holes!
 Binding!


Blind hemming goodness!


 All purdy and neat on the inside too!!!


Ta Da! Styled this baby with a hot pink patent belt as I LOVE pink with black and white.



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Please feel free to comment and share!

Alyce xx

4 comments:

  1. OH MY!!!! I think you made my perfect dress!!!!!!!!!!!! :) It looks fantastic! I love it with the pink belt too! Love the cat pics! They look so helpful ;)

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    1. Thank you! I think it's my perfect dress too! SO happy with how it turned out! <3

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  2. You're a knock-out in this fab dress! Love the rose-printed fabric (I would be nervous to cut it too;) Nice to see you have such cute, helpful kitties to assist the sewing process! They like to get underfoot, don't they?:) P.S, the pink belt is a perfect touch!:)

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  3. LOVE your dress and the pink with black and white is a knock-out combo. I have ordered some cotton poplin to make one of these for myself. Thank you for the review on PR and this blog.

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