Marvin’s sister is getting married! First thing I thought was: Dresses! Yay! What a great excuse to shop fabrics and sew some dresses. Yes, some dresses! I have quite a few in mind and the one I am showing you today is only the beginning ;) I used the Belladone pattern by Deer&Doe. I fell in love I first saw the pattern! Uuuuu so gorgeous! I cannot remember why I didn’t buy the pattern right away. Anyway, when I ordered the other 2 patterns (Chataigne and Bruyere) it was only natural to order Belladone as well.
The fabric was also love at first sight! And like the pattern I didn’t buy it right away. A waited until it was on sale! Lucky me! I bought it for 10 €/m which is pretty okay as it cost 25 €/m before. I bought 2 m and that was fortunately enough :) Some people say that you should not use patchwork fabrics for dresses, but I don’t ;)
I am really into lining dresses. But I knew that because of the beautiful back hole it would get hard. So I searched the Internet for a neat and easy solution. I didn’t find one. So went without lining. It#s going to be a summer dress anyway and I have some underdresses (is that the right term?) I can wear underneath instead of a lining.
This time I made a muslin! I almost never do that. But I am in between sizes 36 and 38 with my bust measurement for Deer&Doe patterns. I only sewed the bodice and realized that it was too loose in size 38. I decided to use a 2,5 cm seam allowance for the side seams instead of 1,5 cm that will do it for me. I didn’t have any gaping in the back, Lauren had problems with that.
I also lengthened bodice and dress. I always find that hart if a pattern has horizontal and vertical bust darts. Most often I lengthen 1cm above the horizontal dart and 3 cm below it, that works fine. I lengthened the skirt for 5 cm.
The rest was a piece o’cake! Eeeeasy and fast! Because there was no lining to sew ;) I used bias tape for the binding and made it invisible from outside.
And look at those racoons! Aren’t they mysterious? Just like me :D
I found the instructions to be very helpful and clear, a little less detailed then for the shorts, but the pattern is intermediate and not beginner as is the shorts pattern, so that’s okay.
I am now going to join all the beautiful and well dressed ladies over at Sew In Style, and all the beautiful creations at
See you there!
Katharina
Katharina
Beautifully shaped dress.
Love it. The raccoons are too cute. I’ve got this pattern waiting for me to muslin. Can’t wait to try it!
You look pretty with this dress. Greetings.