60s dress in progress: before tweaks

My darling dress is almost finished, and I can tell I am going to wear it to death when Spring finally arrives to England: it is so soft and comfy. The floral corduroy is laaaavely to wear.
I learned a lot with this pattern as it isnt the easiest one to sew: lots of curves and symetry, as both panels surrounding the central yoke have to perfectly match each other in size and shape. I did bang my head against a wall a few times and am still malking final adjustments.
I also realised the neckline needed to be open and seriously lowered so that will be my task today: I always read patterns too quickly and made view A instead of  view B, ie the view that calls for a mao collar. 
Tweaks have already been numerous due to my weird body shape (!) , in no particular order: a round bum, a skinny back, a soft mummy-who-loves-cake-and-hates-exercise tummy, a small neck and narrow straight shoulders make for a lot of redrafting.
I also took the waist in a bit to give it a curvier silouette and to emphasize hips as the way the dress fell was a bit too straight for my taste: I like both ease and a bit of fit in a garment.
I am also about to enter another sewing contest: the Colette Laurel sewalong.
Well that only makes 3 projects in one go what with the 40s dress for Sew for Victory and the Mathilde blouse sewalong! A glutton for punishment, me? possibly!
xxx Love and smackers
Lo

Floral 60s mini:more!

My first attempt at sewing a mini skirt from a 60s pattern, for the bold: extra mini! Fully lined with a back zipper. Guess what is my new favorite photoshoot prop? correct, love my felt floppy  hat from H &M!
 In my Etsy store soon.

my first mini mini skirt...

Here is my first sewn mini skirt, made from a 60s vintage pattern shown  in my last post.

ma premiere mini jupe faite main, tres courte mais plutot innocente dans ce tissu non?

I love it!
It is quite short but hey being obsessed with all things 60s, I love a short skirt, and I think the pink and black floral print makes it kind of innocent looking, especially worn with flats.

 It is rather simple to make and I am planning on selling similar ones in Liberty fabric on my Etsy shop!
Once I am 100% happy with the finish, of course. I will probably make them in 3 lengths: micro, mini and above the knee.
What I learned:
-how to line a skirt
-how to sew a zipper with a proper zipper foot
-how to make darts work in shaping the skirt
what I must improve:
-invisible zippers should be invisible!
-lining shouldnt be sewn the wrong way around. ha ha!
-learn to seew straight and dont rush things or you end up with a 'beak' at the back. Ha.

assez simple a realiser, dapres un patron 60s, je compte en vendre en tissu Liberty sur mon shop Etsy! en 3 longueurs silvousplait: micro, mini et dessus du genou.

I am also working on this colorful psychedelic thing for Spring, yes, quite loud!, its not an easy print, I know how it verges on bad taste 70s but i love it! I can picture myself wearing it in the sun, over leggings or jeans or bare legs, sleeveless with cute matching sandals...in 6 months time. It's a lovely and soft japanese cotton lawn found on ebay.

Petit projet pour le printemps: robe en tissu et dapres patron japonais, au haut asymetrique. jadore les couleurs vives et psychedeliques!


I found the pattern in my beloved japanese 'I am pretty dresses' book:

where you dont get patterns, but measurements for you to cut your own fabric. which can be very very fiddly and time consuming actually! Especially when you are an over enthusiastic beginner like me...prone to rushing things.

 I am still perfecting the fit and cant wait to add dark pink flower-shape buttons to attach the side of the asymetric bodice.
 Which length skirt do you wear most ? Funny how skirts were so much shorter in the 60s and no one seemed to bat an eyelid.
Are you afraid of  bold patterns ?

Vous aussi vous osez, les mini jupes 60s?!
xxx