Thursday, May 5, 2016

Eryn's dress in jersey



Two weeks ago, I promised you an Eryn's dress in jersey, and today I am making good on that promise. This dress was not part of the testing, so I allowed myself to freewheel a bit. I used the pattern pieces of the 4Y version (the pieces I had cut for my middle daughter's dress) and simply lengthened the pieces to make one for my eight year old.



I decided to make the dress slightly more modest and went for a higher back. With hindsight I should have used the stretch capabilities of my fabric, and not cut the back as wide as the pattern prescribes for a woven fabric. I should just have taken the width of the front for the back as well. I used uni-colored pink jersey for both the contrasting pockets and the backside of the straps.



My regular readers know that, like every sewist, I am trying to decrease my fabric stash. I of course bought some fabric this year, but really not that much as in the past years. With my new fabrics, I now use her tactics and try to use it quickly, to avoid creating another lost love.  I bought this fabric from Droomstoffen, at the end of February. So not a super quick turn around period but not that bad either. The fabric is designed by Bloome Copenhagen.


My middle daughter got very excited when she saw I was going to make pics of her eldest sister in the same dress pattern as one of her dresses. She went upstairs and put on her own. My youngest followed her and she also came down in her Eryn's dress. My middle daughter somehow lost interest during the shoot but my youngest was happy when she was allowed to join the fun.


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7 comments:

  1. Ah ja, dat ging ik ook nog doen! Dus je hebt wel een aantal maten kleiner genomen dan. Weer eentje voor op de planning ;)
    Heel leuk , trouwens, heerlijk zomers!

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    1. Ik trok mijn oudste gewoon de jurk van de middelste aan, zo zag ik dat dat best ging passen. Elastiek moest wel een stuk korter, dus houd daar rekening mee, dat je nog een tunneltje hebt om het strakker te zetten ;)

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  2. Alweer een leuke jurk!
    Na het stoffenspektakel van vandaag moet ik ook maar eens beginnen aan minder kopen en meer verwerken wat ik al heb... Maar stofjes kopen is zo leuk!

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    1. Nieuwe stoffen kopen is heerlijk, de belofte aan zoveel moois en plezier!

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  3. Superleuk! En je hebt gelijk over pas gekochte stofjes zo snel mogelijk verwerken...

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    1. Van het naaiweekend heb ik er toch verscheidene die pas weer in de herfst aan bod gaan komen :)

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  4. Ha, ik probeer ook wat sneller te naaien. Maar juist als je niet aan naaien toe komt is kopen zo'n fijn alternatief...

    Mooi gelukt! Ik broed ook nog op een tricot halterjurk

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