July 18, 2009
all weekend sundress
A morning's sewing yielded this sundress.
Its the All-weekend Sundress from Heather Ross' book, Weekend Sewing. I thought it looked great in the book photos, but suspected it would be unflattering on me. It turned out okay though! Honeymoon worthy? I think so!
The fabric is cotton jersey from Mood. I almost went with navy, and perhaps will go back for it and make another dress. If I make this again, I'll lengthen the skirt 5 inches or so .
I ran into a strange problem with the elastic thread on the top and waist. On the first try it did not stretch enough and ended up tight. Stretching the fabric a bit while sewing fixed this.
Give this sundress a try! Its super easy.
Comments (9)
The dress is fantastic!
Posted by Melissa | July 18, 2009 4:38 PM
Posted on July 18, 2009 16:38
It looks great! The color is a good one.
Posted by grumperina | July 18, 2009 6:36 PM
Posted on July 18, 2009 18:36
And it looks super cute!
Posted by Curry | July 18, 2009 9:07 PM
Posted on July 18, 2009 21:07
It looks awesome!
What was the price for the material? I work near Mood.
Posted by Wanett | July 19, 2009 12:41 AM
Posted on July 19, 2009 00:41
I've been hesitating over this pattern, scared of sewing with jersey and thinking it wouldn't look good on me. Now I'm going to have to try it.
Posted by Cara | July 19, 2009 10:26 AM
Posted on July 19, 2009 10:26
That's so beautiful! Perfect for summer. I love it!
Posted by vanessa | July 19, 2009 3:40 PM
Posted on July 19, 2009 15:40
This looks great -- way better than expected (the photos in the book are strange, I think. Don't really give a good sense of the dress).
Did you do the jersey all on a sewing machine or do you have a serger?
Posted by ann | July 20, 2009 3:11 PM
Posted on July 20, 2009 15:11
so great! i think i'm going to have to make one too! thank you for the inspiration!
Posted by mari | July 21, 2009 9:35 AM
Posted on July 21, 2009 09:35
Looks lovely and I love the color! I need to get myself a copy of this book. It's look so good.
Nice blog btw. I remember you from years ago when I had a blog called Passioknit. :)
Adele
Posted by modernemotive | August 18, 2009 8:36 AM
Posted on August 18, 2009 08:36