Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Dinghy Dress and So (sew??) Much More


It's been a long while since I've posted. A LOT has happened.
• went on holiday, was sick on holiday, went hiking on holiday, got hailed on while hiking. boooo.
• finished bathing suit, wore bathing suit, bathing suit did not fall off. sucess.
• tried to finish ufo pants. ufo pants are now unwearable muslin. I will show you soon because everyone needs a good laugh.
• I did not win the trip to Italy this year that I won last year, but I DID WIN tickets to Saturday Night Live yesterday. 'gasp'.

...and I sewed some stuff, and I'm planning on sewing a lot more.

When I think about all of the posts I have to write I get WAY overwhelmed, but since I've got to start somewhere, I'll show you a dress I made a couple of months ago when it was still warm enough to wear it. I call it the Dinghy dress, on account of it's charming print.

The fabric is a very light cotton denim with a faint red print consisting of nautical themed objects, such as boats, sails and rigging and words:

















I got it on one of my second hand store runs in the spring. I paired it with another find:



(I'm looking at the blue one on the left)

My version: 



It does look a little like a 1940's bomb factory worker uniform, so I have to be in a quirky mood to wear it.

I used red buttons and topstitched everything in red. 


The back collar facing is also red and I serged all of the seams in red as well.


The pattern review is here.






6 comments:

  1. Youknow, I at first thought you were calling it a dingy dress- but you really are referring to the boats! I think it's cute- I was about ready to tell you that it was in no way dinge-worthy.

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  2. Very cute! I like the red buttons. Totally retro quirky.

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  3. Awesome dress! It does have that 40,s feel to it, but I wouldn't call it dingy. Rather, I'd stick with the 1940's factory worker theme and call it the "Rosie the Riviter Rocks!" dress

    Christiana
    sewamusing.blogspot.com

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  4. Thanks for your comment on my blog! I'm absolutely in love with this dress. It is fan-tas-tic. It fits like a glove and you did an amazing finishing job finishing on the inside. Congrats!

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