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Dresses

Style Arc Anthea Dress

Don’t you think this dress just begs to be made up for flirty spring and summer wear? So very coquette-ish, n’est-ce pas? Designed for an experienced sewist, the challenging sew Anthea is described by Style Arc as “…the dress of the season, fitted bodice with a soft falling skirt, can be made with or without…

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Style Arc Kate Wrap Dress by Sew Maris

Time to get Dress-ed

This is it, dear friends, my entry for The Monthly Stitch Dresses Contest! As you know from yesterday’s post, my Salme pattern attempt for the contest was a major fail. Luckily I had ordered another small containerseveral new patterns from Style Arc, including the Kate Dress. There also happened to be a bit of suitable…

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Floral voile fabric for Salme PLeat Front Dress by Sew Maris

4 Ways This Dress Failed Me

So are you as jazzed as I am about The Monthly Stitch June 2014 Challenge – Indie Patterns? First up: the dresses contest! I searched around for quite a while to find a new pattern that spoke to my design aesthetic as well as being um, “age-appropriate” (hate even thinking like that!). I fell in love…

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Simplicity 3775, done and done!

Woohoo! Both Simplicity 3775 dresses are done and ready to pop into the mail this week. I originally blogged about these dresses last week when the basic construction was completed; they were just needing the finishing touch on the neckline, armholes, and hem. For the black and white polka dot version I decided to use…

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Simplicity 3775 made by Sew Maris

Dresses for a newly minted graduate

I can hardly think of a more practical addition to a young working woman’s wardrobe than a pretty and comfortable knit dress. You probably have a favorite knit dress pattern; mine is Simplicity 3775 (OOP). I know it is kind of lame that I am recommending a pattern that is not readily available, but it…

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Vogue pattern 8873 made by Sew Maris

Vogue 8873 beats all expectations (by a mile!)

You might be wondering why I made a dress for which I didn’t have very high expectations. I actually did think Vogue 8873 was a really cute dress design, and I am kind of crushing on cowls right now, and I wanted to use a piece of insanely-gorgeous fabric from EmmaOneSocksome great fabric store…..so I…

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