I’ve made this crazy new dress… isn’t this fabric hilarious?! The very second I clapped eyes on I simply could not resist… it’s like a comic book – first point in its favour – except all sewing stuff – second point in its favour. Almost an afterthought, but I was really drawn to its cool sharp black and white graphic artistry too- I don’t frequently gravitate to a lot of black-and-white prints but if it’s quirky I suddenly do – point three; and SOLD!
I think comic book art is a highly unappreciated art form and its taken way too long for the style to finally come out from the cold… I’ve always loved it but it’s always teetered on being Not Taken Seriously, which is such a shame.
I wanted a style of dress that kept the boxes fairly intact and not cut across like you would for a regular A-line skirt, so I drafted my own idea. It’s kinda wacky, but I actually love how comfy and nice it is to wear so I’m thinking of making this into our next pattern… I mean, it needs some work because this is a sort of prototype but I think it has promise!
Because the print tickled me pink I went with a pink linen for the bias bound neckline and armholes…! hmmm, a tenuous little link?! In reality it just happened to be sitting on the sidelines, so I grabbed it…. this was leftover bias binding from the Yallingup top I made for Cassie, in the previous post.
just because, cute pattern weight… #notstagedatall
I put on some patch pockets, and employed weapons-grade pattern matching skills here… hehe. Ok, definitely tongue in cheek there since only one pocket could be pattern matched! I only had enough fabric to do one… but you know. The other pocket is not even vaguely pattern matched sadly. I probably should have matched neither, to be consistent, but… I didn’t. Pattern-matching… missed chance for another sewing themed tragedy comic there, haha?
Details:
Dress; designed by me, cool comic book fabric from Minerva, available here
Sandals; Zomp, old favourites
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