I am a sucker for anything shiny. After seeing this tutorial up on Craftster, I was inspired to step out of my sewing rut. It seemed easy, and the end result pictured was simply chic.
Over to Joann’s I headed, in hopes of finding some cheap (sale, possibly?) silk. Fourteen+ dollars a yard was a bit out of my price range, so instead I opted for the cheaper, “silk-y” fabric in a plain royal blue color. The only thing was, the fabric was 100% polyester…cringe!
Following the pattern roughly (I added a few centimeters, thinking I was a bit bigger than the girl in the picture learning later I was mistaken) I created my first dress out of hard-to-work-with polyester. It took me about an afternoon’s time, and I’m loving the result for the most part. The sleeves are a bit hard to move in, and I need to get my hands on some liquid seam stuff for the raw edges on the inside.
you can finish the seams with a zig zag stitch or use pinking shears. it would take a lot of the liquid stuff to do all the seams on a dress.
btw…cute dress!
teri