Ah, that favorite pattern you go to over and over. For me, that is this Liz Mizono’s Vogue 1312.
I like that it is long and airy and hides my very white and sun damaged legs without the use of pants in the summer!
I’ve made this dress here before.
This time around, I’m using a quilting cotton. And the large print meant I needed to cut it out carefully. I knew the pattern would not exactly match, so I made sure to center the large blossoms and it came out just fine as you can see below.
After the bodice, the pattern pieces are a bunch of rectangles – easy to “cut” in quilting cotton. I just ripped them to get perfectly straight lines.
This was a very windy day – so great for photographing the dynamics of this dress. Not so great for my hair! I noticed all the “good” photos from this shoot are of my backside : (
If you choose to use this pattern, keep in mind that I am 5’10” and I made no alterations to length. I also lowered the underarm on the bodice and as you can see here, it’s too low. I will raise it back for the next version. I just don’t like things tight or cutting into my arm.
This was actually my Easter dress this year. I’ve been behind in blogging. My daughter moved her wedding up and we had that at the beginning of May. Hopefully I can get back on track soon!
The perfectly paired sweater is made from matching ribbed knit and is self drafted. I am working on a less-full version in another fabric and will talk about it in another post in the future : )
Happy Creating!
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