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A purple knit wrap dress for a girl

January 18, 2012 by SewMaris 4 Comments

Vogue 8379

I have a stash reduction plan for 2012. Shop my stash before going to the fabric store, and sew like crazy. I am sure all four of my children and my DH are rolling their eyes, or possibly rolling on the floor at these words, but I actually am making some progress. Like this cute knit dress I finished for my youngest DD the other day. I used a purple cotton lycra knit that has been aging in my studio for a good long while. The only downside of this fabric is the dress weighs about 20 pounds, and will probably take 3 days to hang dry! I cannot remember exactly when or where I bought this fabric (always a bad sign, eh? 😉 ), but I am moderately sure it was 5+ years ago in Shanghai. Or not. At any rate, I had enough to cut out MOST of Vogue 8379, but not enough for the belt. A design opportunity!

Front of purple knit dress

What you can’t see from this photo is that the purple edging on the belt is made up of teeny-tiny lengths of purple scraps sewn together to create a long enough strip to go around both ties. T-E-D-I-O-U-S. The black edging around the neck was much easier because I didn’t need to piece it, and it makes the contrast belt look like it was planned, right?

closeup of front of purple knit dress

While I was making it I was really hating the annoyance of the belt, but I think it turned out cute and very wearable. And she likes it, so that is always a plus! Not to mention it is one less piece of fabric and one less project still sitting in my sewing studio!

Happy sewing!

Maris Olsen

Filed Under: Dresses, Knits Tagged With: evergreen

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  1. Susy

    January 18, 2012 at 1:33 pm

    Love the dress Maris! Each time you make something from the stash, you also make room for new fabric.

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  2. SewMaris

    January 18, 2012 at 2:20 pm

    Haha – thanks Susy! Keep. Reducing. Stash.

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  3. JUNE MARRA

    April 27, 2012 at 1:44 pm

    Dear Maris,
    I didn’t know you were “SEWING ADVISER PAR EXCELLENCE” – !!!!!!!!!!!!!
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Of course, you’ve shown me some tricks of the trade since you’ve been
    involved in this creative endeaver through the years !!!!!!!!!!!!!! – so I
    should have figured it out much sooner. I fell down and broke my righthand wrist – both sides – a shorter cast should be installed next
    visit to the doctor, and then maybe I can sew again.
    I love you and miss you. Aunt June

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    • SewMaris

      April 27, 2012 at 3:28 pm

      Hahaha – thanks Aunt June! Hope you get back to sewing VERY soon!

      xxoo,
      Maris

      Reply

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