I was in two minds about my next project. Part of me wanted to establish a really good skirt pattern. As my weight has significantly increased over the last 12 months my original sloper patterns no longer fit. Now you could say let’s get on and lose the weight and I am trying (and failing miserably) but I have some really nice dress lengths in my stash and fancied putting together a dress pattern that I could then start to adapt and change.
I considered several ideas from patterns in my stash:
The first is a vintage pattern – Vogue 9781 and the second a retro Butterick pattern 5707 although this image did put me off the Butterick pattern as it just looks a bit frumpy:
I do also like the Colette Peony and it does seem to be a bit of a favourite with the sewing bloggers.
I liked the clean lines of the dresses I have seen on other blogs. Handmade Jane who surely deserves the title of ‘Peony Queen’ has made 4 of these and they all look different:
I think this will make a great, staple dress for the office. This is the fabric I have selected for this dress. I think it will look good with a black cummerbund which I intend to make from black leatherette.
Looking forward to seeing the finished product!
Good call on the Peony and that fabric will look so fabulous and give it a nice touch of vintage flair. I agree that the Butterick looks frumpy. I hate it when they put these gorgeous line drawings on vintage repro patterns because you have no idea what it *really* looks like on a person…often the result is very different. Very much looking foward to seeing the result. I’m a true believer in dressing for your body NOW…it’s about treating yourself well NOW and loving yourself NOW…which is all we can ever do really. And hey, this is a great opportunity to whip out the sewing machine and have more fun planning and sewing a new wardrobe! So glad you’re taking the opportunity to do so
Excited to see how it turns out!