Wednesday, December 25, 2013

The Roisin Dress



I have two weeks off work over Christmas and New Years, and I plan on spending as much of that time as possible sewing. This dress is the first (successful) outcome of that plan; I cut it out and stitched most of it together on Monday, and hemmed it and finished some hand stitching yesterday, in time to wear for Christmas.


The fabric is very special; it is a piece of stretch sateen that I went halvies on with Roisin (AKA Dolly Clackett) when in London earlier in the year. You see, we spied this fabric but the shop was bizarrely only selling it in 5m pieces, and 5m is an awful lot of fabric, even when it is as lovely as this. HOWEVER, 2.5m is a pretty perfect amount of fabric, and so Roisin and I shared the piece.


She already made an absolutely gorgeous gorgeous dress out of her fabric aaaaaages ago. Seriously, click on that link and check out her dress; stunning! I'm glad I didn't remind myself of what hers looked like before I made mine as I would have been intimidated as to how sophisticated and gorgeous her dress is and not wanted to make my own as it pales in comparison!


The pattern is another belladone, this time not reflective and as such has slightly less binding on it than the reflective version; just around the back cut-out, the neckline and arm holes. The binding however is really lovely, it's a pre-made satin binding that looks just lovely with the sateen. I did the binding nice and narrow too, so that it mirrors the width of the outlines of the flowers in the print.


I made no other alterations from my previous version, but have identified an alteration I will make to the skirt next time I use the pattern, as I get some minor drag lines over my bum as it is, but I think I know how to fix that so watch this space.

12 comments:

  1. Happy Christmas Rachel! I love this dress and I'm happy that my dress has a twin now :) It's funny - I had nearly made a Belladone with my piece too! I hope you have a brilliant Christmas and a very happy new year xxx

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  2. Gorgeous dress! It makes a lovely Belladone and makes this dress pattern look completely different. Love it!

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  3. So pretty! I'm glad you used this piece for a dress. It looks great as a Belladone!

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  4. Holy crap you finished that so quickly! I think your 2 weeks are going to be very productive :) Also, these colours look great on you x

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  5. This is so beautiful Rachel...love the shape on you and the fabric is divine!

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  6. Wow that was fast! I tried to make myself a top for Christmas but it didn't get finished in time. I love this fabric! It's a gorgeous print and the colours really suit you. I have fabric waiting to become a belladone. I can't wait to make it after seeing your gorgeous version.

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  7. Looks fabulous! I love this print and this dress is perfect for it. Well done and Merry Christmas!

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  8. Gorgeous! The fabric is so bright and cheery, and I do like the black bias tape edging, it really sets the fabric off.

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  9. Ooooooh love the fabric!!! Great dress, I love the bias binding detail and pockets :)
    Looking forward to seeing how you fix the drag lines over the bum, I get those too in some of my dresses!

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  10. The bias binding on the back really is stunning. Hooray for Christmas sewing rooms!

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  11. Great dress. I love the back details.

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