Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Solis pattern release



All around me, both in my digital circles like Instagram and Facebook feed, and also closer to home, my family and friends, we are all starting to long for sun. Yesterday, Kingsday ( a Dutch national holiday) was colder than Christmas. It was raining every 20 minutes, so even in a good coat, it simply wasn't nice to be outside. Because we can not go outside and enjoy the sun, we just pretend inside. Today, I am showing you the three summer dresses I made with the newest pattern from Sofilantjes*, the Solis dress*.



Probably the most striking thing of the Solis is the back, so let's start with that. The dress has a halter resembling dress, without having a knot in the neck. Due to the construction, the back is perfect for a color pop. In the first dress I made, I chose a contrasting piece for the upper back piece only. On the second dress, I made the entire back contrasting. That was something I had seen during the testing of the Buearm and I still love the effect.




The Solis both has a circle and pleated skirt option. A circle skirt will please almost every girl. I have one dress with a circle skirt myself and I always have the urge to dance when I wear it. The pleated skirt is much more fabric friendly. Much less fabric is needed and the print will not end up side ways. A pleated skirt is not common in jersey dress, but like I said here, I love it. I made both versions. I started with a circle skirt dress and made two pleated skirt dresses.




I actually had planned to sew the blue dress as a tunic. The pattern has an official tunic option, but while I was drawing the pattern, I saw that It could actually cut the dress length from my small piece. I really dislike creating scraps, so it became a dress. The dress for my middle daughter has a similar story. I used the scraps from this project and planned to make a tunic, but realized a dress was in the cards, and I could not ignore it.




You all know I love pockets, and this time I did not have to smuggle them into the dress. The Solis dress actually comes with pockets! Both in dress and tunic length. Both of my girls were having a lot of fun during the shoot, and they actually came up with this shot. The put their hands in the others pocket. I love it.




The fabric from the dress with the nostalgic print, I bought at Stoffenelf, I do not know the designer. The other two are both from Lillestoff. The jeans look a like is super soft, a bit too flexible even, the neckband therefore overstretched (not visible in the picture, because I fixed it). Be sure that the fabric for the neckband is nice and sturdy and has a good recovery. On the blue dress I actually used a piece of woven cotton for the upper back piece. I know, you can not see due to her hair, but I thought you might like to know it works.




In our sew weekend goodie back I found a full color flex print from Lavie Belle. I had been dying to use it, but did not find the perfect project until now. It really turns a simple dress in a special piece. Lavvi Ebel sells many, many super cute prints.


On the circle skirt dress and the brown one, I used an alternative hemming method. I made blind seam, and I am totally in love with it. I had left the circle skirt unhemmed for the first photo shoot. I was still debating on the finishing method. My experience with hemming jersey circle skirts isn't a happy tale. Last week, for another test, I used the blind hem stitch on my sewing machine, and noticed I also have one for jersey fabrics. I first tried it on the brown one and was super excited. Then I hemmed the circle skirt and that also went surprisingly well. I have a new favorite hemming method.


The pattern comes in sizes 12m/80 to 14/164 both in Dutch* and in English* and is available in the Sofilantjes webshop. The pattern will be on release sale for two days only (April 28 and april 29), during those days the price is $5 (excl. eu taxes).





I love to hear what you think of my creations. Feel free to leave a comment in the language you prefer (although Google translate might have to assist me if you choose something different than English, German, Dutch or Hungarian). If you buy anything through my affiliate links (*), I get a small commission (the price stays the same for you), I am very grateful for everything that feeds my fabric addiction.

14 comments:

  1. Geweldig!
    Ik vind ze allemaal toppie!

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  2. Die rug is echt heel mooi! Dat zou ik voor mezelf ook nog willen. En die ene met de gele rug, superleuk accent! Hoeveel jurken hangen daar eigenlijk al in de kast?

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  3. Wat een leuke jurken! Laat het mooie weer maar komen! En leuk ook om je blog in het Nederlands te lezen ; )

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    1. Jammer dat bloglovin er zo'n zooitje van maakt.

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  4. Wow die laatste foto! Echt prachtig! Niet alleen het model is een plaatje, vind die jurk er echt uitspringen :)

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  5. Dat zijn weer prachtige naaisels! Echt heel tof!
    Ik heb soms het gevoel dat jij meer uren in een dag hebt dan ik;). Zoveel moois op korte tijd! Super leuk!

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  6. Oh, ik ging geen patronen meer kopen, maar ben toch gezwicht...

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    1. Ik ken het, daarom test ik me te pletter, ik wil ze allemaal!

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  7. Hmmm, misschien moet ik m'n hoofd eens buigen over die blinde zoom voor tricot... leuke tip!!!
    En wat betreft de stolpplooien: voor mij was het de eerste keer om ze in tricot te naaien en net als jij was ik er meteen fan van!
    Super leuke jurken maakte je weer.

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    1. Ik raad hem echt aan iedereen aan, die blinde zoom in tricot!

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