It's a little crumpled from lots of wear! It's a great style for a heatwave: loose, but still fitted at the shoulder and with a little back shaping to avoid the sack look. The sleeves are on the longish side for short sleeves and stop at a flattering place, low on the upper arm. They also help protect against sunburn but I could imagine a cooler version would be a shorter angled sleeve. Any changes made to the pattern were mentioned here, sleeves were unchanged.
The double gauze has less drape than the linen I used for the long sleeve version but enough body to cope with the pockets and is of course, nice and airy to wear. The print is Sen Ritsu and has been in my stash for a long time, years even. I picked up a great tip from Cheryl of Sewstitchybee. She suggested holding a neck facing in place by adding a label on the back neck facing and stitching through all the layers. I find labels scratchy so I used some of the fabric selvedge and it works really well! Great tip. Another Gathered Dress coming up soon...
Kerry this is so beautiful. The pattern hasn't really appealed to me, but I love both your versions - they're exactly the dress that I'm looking for (loose, boxy-but-not). And that nani iro print is so pretty! x
ReplyDeleteThankyou Shivani! For me it's a great everyday dress, the equivalent of a shift and shift dresses don't usually suit me so it's a great alternative.
DeleteWOW your gathered dresses are gorgeous - we are delighted! Thank you for making our sewing pattern look so good! Lisa
ReplyDeleteThank you Lisa, it's been my favourite pattern this summer!
DeleteYou look great in this dress. Now you can come up with your own pattern on the material, see here ctnbee.com. I often use it
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