new dresses

i have been busy at the sewing machine using up some of the fabric and patterns i bought in melbourne. i like sewing when things settle down and i have some quiet time by myself at home.

this is my favorite of the dresses i have made,  i just love the fabric, both the weight of it and the print.

and i made a small patch pocket on this dress too but you cant see it because i lined the pattern up. this is made using my go to dress pattern. simple 2 pieces, binding at arms and neck, and 4 darts.

this was the new pattern, and as you can see from otto jumping up on me that it is a black cheer fabric lined with a white cotton.

 

it means the black is not see through

 

this was the first time i have lined anything. the dress fits well, but it will take me a while to get used to the A-line of the dress, i am use to a more straight silhouette

this is again my go to dress pattern, this time with a blue raindrop fabric on the front, and seeing as i didnt have enough of this to make the whole dress

i matched the brown in the drops and made the back out of a plain brown quilting cotton

 

the front is also a quilting cotton so this dress is a bit thicker in weight but it works well for this simple pattern

 

and this dress i just finished the other day and wore it out yesterday to our studio christmas party. a plain black cotton with white stars. just a bit of fun. 

i have 2 more plain back cotton versions of this dress cut out, one will replace my fading older version which i can now wear at home as my house dress, and the other one will have colourful binding either blue or black, not sure yet. will post photos when they are done.