summer´s finally decided to stay for a while, so I spent time mostly outdoors, enjoying the sun and lazy breezes here in Berlin and around at the lakes that surround our capital city.
But still, sewing is with me all the time.
I got inspired by a dress made by my favorite designer, Lena Hoschek, which she released this summer, namely: the cabrio leaves dress. A jersey dress with a pencil skirt shape with ruffles at the sideseam and knotted at the shoulders with a little waterfall neckline.
As I didn´t find any unlicensed pics online, I give you this, my own interpretation of the pattern and overall look of the dress:
This is the fabric I found for my experiment, a lightweight cotton jersey with some elastic and a similar color as the original.
The fabric and the idea then lay in my stash and waited to come to life, but I got distracted and did many ohter garments before yesterday I came across a website that sparked my interest, trashtocouture.com, by the talented Laura.
She presented a tutorial for a ruffled skirt that looked smashing and so I dove into my stash to look for a siutable fabric, coming up with the one above.
I didn´t opt for a maxi skirt though, a mid length was more to my liking.
I did the skirt and it fit me well. During my first fitting in front of the mirror suddenly I felt reminded of the cabrio leaves dress and the idea to make this skirt into a dress struck me.
I rummaged through my old Burda issues to find a pattern with a waterfall neckline, as I had never made one before and wasn´t sure about how the pieces should look. I found one in Burda 9/2012, shirt 130.
I cut the front and back pieces and added a little capsleeve as I found long sleeves wouldn´t work on this dress. But when trying it on together with the skirt it just looked old-fashioned. I didn´t like it at all.
It makes a nice shirt though :-)
I found a shirt pattern in an old magazine (from 1997) and, although it didn´t feature a waterfall neckline, it sported a knotted shoulder.
The pattern asked for double layers, which I managed to sqeeze out of my remaining fabric. Sewn together and in front of the mirror for a fitting.
It looked promising. So I basted it together and connected skirt and top.
And to my surprise, I looked so much like one of these 1940ies Bombshelldresses! Starting this I had no idea how it would turn out, but I love the result.
The slit may be a little naughty e.g. too high, but still, I like it like that. Also the asymmetrical hem. I was shortly thinking about adding more ruffles also to the second side, then decided against it. It is much more interesting this way. What do you think?
You must excuse my pics, unfortunately there was no one near to make them, so I had to use the self-portrait button and hope for the best...
Like it a lot :-)
A little on the butt side... still like it
If I dare, I will wear it tonight at the outdoor dancing at the Bode Museum.
All in all, I think I´m going to experiment a lot more often, now that this one came out so nicely.
Watch out for new makes.
Happy sewing peeps, and keep the good spirits up!
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