Thursday, October 5, 2017

Trillium in jersey



Today, I have another knitification project. I made a Trillium, which is designed for woven fabrics, in jersey. The Trillium is a dress or tunic with a color blocked bodice from Petite Stitchery and co which is part of One Thimble issue 14*. Besides making some adjustments to make it suitable for knits, I also adjusted the skirt length, originally it is a maxi dress, but I went for knee length.



One of the big advantages of knit dresses is that they do not require closings. I have no fear of sewing zippers/button holes (although today I read that I am actually incorrectly using my blind zipper foot....), but not using a zipper/buttons saves the cost of the zipper /buttons, saves the time of sewing the zipper/button holes and it saves my kids dressing time.  The original Trillium has a front button closure, which is one of the most kid friendly closures, but I also just love hacking patterns.



This time I did not size down (which is often necessary with knits), I used the back of the bodice in the size that I would have chosen for a woven dress based on the measurement table and adjusted the front to have the same width as the back. I kept the original width of the button placket, but I only cut one layer. Only the outer front is color blocked, the front lining is a all in one piece.



I realized you can not see the fabric from the skirt from close by, but it has unicorns on it, and my daughter picked it herself in the fabric store and she has been asking for a dress from it ever since. I feared that a dress from the unicorn fabric alone would be too pj like, so I used uni colors in the bodice. I found a matching combination uni color fabrics in my stash. All these fabrics, including the unicorns are from Textielstad.


I have mentioned before that I am trying but mostly failing in my attempts to use props. This unicorn seemed like a match made in heaven, but finding the optimal way to use it was a challenge. Riding the unicorn obviously did not turn out to be a winner pose, just dropping it on the floor actually turned out to give best effect.



I realized that this is actually my fifth project from One Thimble 14*, I also made a Loli, an Amuse, a Lala mash and the Thyme vest. 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.


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    1. Ja he, te leuk om aan me voorbij te laten gaan!

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  2. Very cute! I love that you tried it in knit! I'm gonna have to do that now too!!!

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    1. I am so happy you like my take, was it yours or from one of your collegues?

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  3. So cute. I love the color blocking on the bodice and the colors you choose look terrific.

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    1. They are te colors from the fabric itself, so not really my invention ;)

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  4. Haar gezicht spreekt boekdelen! En dat snap ik helemaal, want deze is wel heel mooi. Zo netjes ook, die colourblock.

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    1. Dank je, ik mocht zelfs haar haar kammen, dus dat zegt ook wel iets over hoe leuk ze het vond ;)

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  5. Zo mooi met die kleurtjes! Heerlijk speels en girly!

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    1. Speels en girly, helemaal mijn meisje inderdaad.

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  6. Adorable and what a cute hack. Props and me don't work so well, so I'm glad yours did.

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