Hello! I recently came across a sew-along hosted by Project Sewn for the Coffee Date Dress by the Selfish Seamstress that's offered as a free pattern on the BurdaStyle website. I've been wanting to try it for awhile, so I went for it.
It was only my third time to sew up something for myself as I mostly sew for my daughter. I'm not gonna lie, the idea of working with darts and an invisible zipper scared me, and I almost gave up before I began. My sweet husband reminded me that I can sew anything, so I decided to keep going (It wasn't as sappy as that just sounded in real life). I found a really in-depth sew-along from Bobbins of Basil that was just fabulous, and I really relied on her to hold my hand through it all since 99% of the patterns I sew are detailed and include lots of photographs.
I decided to sew the pattern as is since it was my first go at it. I used a green with navy damask print fabric I bought from JoAnn on sale last week. I didn't want to ruin any of my nicer fabric should I have failed.
The most difficult part for me were the darts. I jumped ahead without paying attention to the fact that you don't actually cut the dart lines on the pattern. Ooops. Therefore I didn't really get the chance to play around with dart placement because I sort of had to sew that line up as is. You live, you learn.
But here's my finished product! Yes, I look awkward in photographs, so forgive me :P I never know what to do with my hands, lol!
I'd like to thank my husband and 6-year old son for their exceptional photography skills ;)
I really do love this dress. It turned out even better than I thought it might. I may have to give it another go with a solid top, print on bottom, and a fabric sash. I think that would be cute, right?
I'm ready for my coffee date now!
I'm ready for my coffee date now!
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