Sunday, July 28, 2013

Simplicity 4070: Kitty cat dress





I've been holding onto this fabric since we had the Melbourne social sewing shop back in February. Its from the Alannah Hill outlet and is lovely and soft to touch (I did a burn test and I am guessing its a silk cotton). It is fairly see through so I decided to underline it with a quilting cotton from my stash to give it some body and to stop the seams showing through.

I haven't underlined anything this thin and shifty before. It wasn't as bad as I thought though, I cut it  in a single layer and then machine basted around the pieces. I was worried about the top layer shifting or bagging out but it all seems to be sitting smoothly now its sewn.

 
I did let it hang overnight and then thread basted it around on the hem line before turning under and stitching. Probably overkill but at least it sat nice and smooth when I sewed it.

Adjustment wise, we muslined up the dress first, its a sz 14 with the bust raised by 1", the waistline raised by 1/2" and the side seams taken in by 1/4" with the front bodice seam let out the same amount. The pockets are my favourite ones from Simplicity 2588, I love how they are sewn into the waist seam so they can't flap around.


I'm pretty happy with how it fits her, I'm finally starting to get an idea on what adjustments I need to do which is helping to eliminate the wadders.

10 comments:

  1. Great fit, fun fabric and it looks like you have a very happy daughter. That must make all your hard work worthwhile.

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  2. It's adorable and so is your daughter in the dress.

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  3. Gah! This is too cute! I love the print and the matching belt- some serious style chops happening here!

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  4. Very sweet, the dress looks so pretty on your daughter, and the underlining idea is very clever, the dress hangs beautifully.

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  5. Doesnt she look lovely and the belt is a nice finishing touch.

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  6. What a great dress. Your daughter looks lovely in it (and isn't she growing up - quite a young lady now).

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  7. Your daughter does look lovely! What a wonderful dress.

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  8. Oh, that's cute (omg kitties!!), and it looks fabtastic on your daughter! Holy Hannah does she ever look like you! I didn't realize it wasn't you until I saw other people's comments. lol :D Looks like you got a great fit on her.

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  9. That fabric is adorable and the dress is a perfect match! :) I second Heather; your daughter looks a lot like you - how cool! :)

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  10. Adorable dress, I love the bow and cats :)

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