I was really taken with this whole idea, but at the moment Clark has a dearth of ready-to-move-on shirts. My first-ever (but not my last-ever) trip to the Brown Elephant Resale Shop yielded (in addition to an Ann Taylor Loft suit in my size with jacket, suit and slacks for $12) this: They charge $5 for these shirts, which is a bit pricey, but they really edit their donations (or only receive fantastic stuff, which seems unlikely), and everything is dry-cleaned or at least laundered and pressed. Anyway, I was all ready to make the kind of dress in the tutorial, but at the Art Institute on one of the aforementioned recent trips, I saw a little girl in just a simple dress with buttons up the back. Aha, said I.
I cobbled together two of Ellie's dress patterns and made this dress, complete with facings made from the sleeves. Other than the collar, the pocket, and a bit of the hem, I didn't have much of the shirt left over, but we're all really pleased with the result.
It has since been hemmed, incidentally.
That day actually was a two-day dress for me -- I made a muslin in the morning and the dress in the evening. Nothing like having the buttons and buttonholes already done for speeding things along! Ah, summer, how I love you.
I LOVE that the dress is as sassy as the girl, Tim Gunn would most certainly think it works
Posted by: Cate | September 04, 2009 at 01:28 PM
Thank you both!!
Posted by: Mary | August 28, 2009 at 04:05 PM
What an adorable dress!
Posted by: Chica & Jo | August 26, 2009 at 07:47 PM
That turned out great!!
Posted by: monica | August 25, 2009 at 10:07 AM