Saturday, December 3, 2016

Irene dress release (free pattern)



Do you remember that I showed you this oversized sweater from a free pattern a few weeks ago? Isabelle from Bel'etoile made the photo tutorial for that pattern. Yesterday, Isabelle released a full multi sized pattern, the Irene dress, and it is free! Many people were enthusiastic about the dress and today the Irene blog tour is starting, with 24 (!) bloggers.


The Irene dress is a lovely A-line dress designed for woven fabrics. The pattern includes three different button plackets, which give the dress a very nice touch. Some testers really became super creative with the pads. I was in tester mode, so I just did as instructed, it looks great as well like that.



The dress looks best in a rather heavy fabric, I do not have much heavy woven fabrics. When I was considering my fabric options, I had just finished a Secret Santa gift made from Canvas. I felt the left over was the perfect piece to turn into an Irene. There was not enough fabric to actually center the front, so I went for a modern off centre version. The back placement was a big challenge. There was no way I could match the print, I simply did not have the right pieces anymore. I solved it by coming up with an alternative print matching. The blobs where not evenly spaced, so I could not make it perfect. but it is close enough.


The dress is perfect all year round. It is a lovely summer dress and perfect with a long sleeve under it in colder periods. The pattern is wde enough or a long sleeve, you will not have to add ease fot that. Like I said at the beginning, the dress is completely free and it is available in a good size range. You can find the pattern here. Isabelle drew more free patterns, in the past, which you can find here.


10 comments:

  1. Dankjewel Miranda! Ik vind dit zo'n mooi stofje, ideaal voor deze jurk! Knap, zoals we van je gewoon zijn!

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  2. Wauw, heel smaakvol geheel!! Bijna jammer dat de mouwen er niet bij horen.

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    1. Zo kunnen we nog eens afwisselen qua kleurcontrast ;)

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  3. Dat stofje is zo prachtig, dat patroon is er ideaal voor! Mooi gedaan :)

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    1. haha, stofje lag dus al heel lang in de kast. Het had eigenlijk boekentasje moeten worden, maar daarvoor waren die bollen veel en veel te groot, nu dan toch nog iets leuk geworden, en dat uit het restje ;)

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    2. En toch ging dat een schoon boekentas geweest zijn #schaterlach. Zonder zwans, die kleuren.... aaaah ♥

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  4. Heel toffe en aparte print. Mooie jurk maakte je!

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