I had a rather large remnant leftover from the awesome flamingo fabric I used to make Ania this dress, so I decided to make one for Evelyn.
My original thought was to go the obvious route - a fitted bodice and a gathered skirt, except the flamngoes turned out to be way to big for that. It had to be a maxi dress for Evelyn and I knew she wouldn't wear one. Ottobre magazine to the rescue!
The pattern came from 3/2012 Ottbore, design #13.I made a shirt version of it years ago when I first starting blogging. Ania is so small here. And let's not talk about my awesome, ahem, photography skills.
It's a perfect pattern for summer, there is no lining, so it's very lightweight and breezy. I did make a few modifications, mainly swamped the back button placket into an invisible zipper closure. I also had to make the gathers much smaller in the back, otherwise I had major problems with the flamingo in the back.
I didn't have enough yardage to play around and match the flamingo parts perfectly. The best I could do was to have a head with two legs, or rather one and a half leg on one side of the seam; and a butt with two legs on the other side. The four legged Frankenstein flamingo looked like a science experiment that went really really wrong. So I removed some of the width in the gathered part of the back. I was getting a perfect flamingo, except there was a tiny third leg sticking out in between two long legs. Ahem. Not good and really funny. Ok, I am immature. lol I removed even more of the gathers and I think it worked well. The flamingo is a bit squished together, but it has two legs. And that's important. It also is a bit off maybe by a millimeter at the top, but it's not noticeable unless you are looking for it.
Evelyn loves her new dress and chooses to wear it quite often. It also is quite a show stopper with the unusual fabric design. She enjoys all the compliments she is getting.
My original thought was to go the obvious route - a fitted bodice and a gathered skirt, except the flamngoes turned out to be way to big for that. It had to be a maxi dress for Evelyn and I knew she wouldn't wear one. Ottobre magazine to the rescue!
The pattern came from 3/2012 Ottbore, design #13.I made a shirt version of it years ago when I first starting blogging. Ania is so small here. And let's not talk about my awesome, ahem, photography skills.
It's a perfect pattern for summer, there is no lining, so it's very lightweight and breezy. I did make a few modifications, mainly swamped the back button placket into an invisible zipper closure. I also had to make the gathers much smaller in the back, otherwise I had major problems with the flamingo in the back.
I didn't have enough yardage to play around and match the flamingo parts perfectly. The best I could do was to have a head with two legs, or rather one and a half leg on one side of the seam; and a butt with two legs on the other side. The four legged Frankenstein flamingo looked like a science experiment that went really really wrong. So I removed some of the width in the gathered part of the back. I was getting a perfect flamingo, except there was a tiny third leg sticking out in between two long legs. Ahem. Not good and really funny. Ok, I am immature. lol I removed even more of the gathers and I think it worked well. The flamingo is a bit squished together, but it has two legs. And that's important. It also is a bit off maybe by a millimeter at the top, but it's not noticeable unless you are looking for it.
Evelyn loves her new dress and chooses to wear it quite often. It also is quite a show stopper with the unusual fabric design. She enjoys all the compliments she is getting.
This is a stunning dress! Your description of your flamingo options while cutting the fabric made me laugh, too. Nice job!
ReplyDeletebhahhaha, it's cracking me up, flamingo's with 4 legs, flamingo's with a tiny 3rd leg.... ;) But I love how it came out and it looks so cute on Evelyn! xoxo
ReplyDeleteA gorgeous dress with a stunning two legged flamingos hehe NO seriously, the effect is awesome!
ReplyDeleteI love that dress so much! Ania is adorable :)
ReplyDeleteGirl, you got skillzzz! That pattern matching on the back is perfect! The dress is amazing as is your photography! Of course, they always are!
ReplyDeleteReally stunning dress. And how about the kid. She is really really pretty.
ReplyDeleteI, too, enjoyed reading about your Flamingo placement struggles! That dress is just so perfectly summer. I adore it! And your photography is just stunning. I clicked over to your old post you referenced, and you are so inspiring! I would love to improve my photo skills
ReplyDeleteThe kid is so cuute, love it:* !
ReplyDeleteHo totally adorable!! I loved that fabric already from the first piece you made with it, and this is as beautiful! I can imagine it to be quite a challenge to get the pieces together with the big size of the flamingoes :-) must have been a funny process as well :-) But you did a great job!! I really live how it turned out! if I would see her running with it, I would also stop and look and compliment her/you!!
ReplyDeleteDress is not Gorgeous but the kid is so cute.fabric is best dress for summer.
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