Another win for Simplicity 5695! I love this pattern. It really is so versatile and fun to sew. This one is my baby version of Kali's wedding gown as a flower girl dress for Myra.
Here is the front. Obviously the bodice is significantly different than Kali's. Princess seaming didn't seem to make much sense for a wee one who's chest is actually smaller than her waist. Kali's dress is very simple in the front, so I didn't do any embellishment here to echo that simplicity.
All of the action is in the back!
I echoed the shape of Kali's
overskirt in Myra's and while I didn't do corset
lacings, I added a bow at the waistline, which is where Kali's
lacings will tie. I topped the bow with a satin flower in dark red, which is the color that the bridesmaids and groomsmen will be wearing.
Inside, I pinked all of the vertical and sleeve seams, just as I did with Kali's skirt. I elected to cover up the layers of scratchy organza and fraying satin at the waistline with a bound finish, using up some more of the satin bias tape. The hem is pinked and fused, which I would have never thought to do to a formal dress, but I recently hemmed a Homecoming dress for a friend and the
RTW hem was fused! When Mom and I got together last weekend I mentioned it to her and we tried it out on some swatches of satin and it looks great! So, since it's what we are doing for the wedding dress, I did the same for Myra's dress. Talk about easy hemming!
Here is the front. Obviously the bodice is significantly different than Kali's. Princess seaming didn't seem to make much sense for a wee one who's chest is actually smaller than her waist. Kali's dress is very simple in the front, so I didn't do any embellishment here to echo that simplicity.
All of the action is in the back! 
I echoed the shape of Kali's overskirt in Myra's and while I didn't do corset lacings, I added a bow at the waistline, which is where Kali's lacings will tie. I topped the bow with a satin flower in dark red, which is the color that the bridesmaids and groomsmen will be wearing.
Inside, I pinked all of the vertical and sleeve seams, just as I did with Kali's skirt. I elected to cover up the layers of scratchy organza and fraying satin at the waistline with a bound finish, using up some more of the satin bias tape. The hem is pinked and fused, which I would have never thought to do to a formal dress, but I recently hemmed a Homecoming dress for a friend and the RTW hem was fused! When Mom and I got together last weekend I mentioned it to her and we tried it out on some swatches of satin and it looks great! So, since it's what we are doing for the wedding dress, I did the same for Myra's dress. Talk about easy hemming!
I love it!
ReplyDeleteThat dress is so adorable! fantastic work!
ReplyDeleteHow sweet!!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see her chubby little self in that!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty dress!
ReplyDeleteI wanted to thank you for a very lovely review on Patternreview as well, I was so excited to find it and immediately got on the phone to my mom to tell her :)