helicopter
January 23, 2011
This is the dress out of the fabric that I purchased at Home Ec. Workshop in Iowa City. It is a linen cotton blend, made in Japan. I fell in love with the print, and the piece of fabric itself. (I had the strip of fabric lying on my floor for several days, trying to decide if I wanted to cut into it or not. I decided to cut.)
The dress is pretty much the same as the last one. The material is quite a bit stiffer and this changes the shape/drape/fit of the dress.
And there are helicopters, polka dots, checks, and stripes. Maybe a bit too much, but I think that I like it anyways.
Once again, I haven’t hemmed the sleeves. They seem to roll up nicely, and I like the idea of leaving something unfinished!
Now I need a new sewing pattern to try out! Or maybe I need to find some old dresses, and make my own patterns.
living in the woods and making stuff 
January 24, 2011 at 2:03 am
Torrey
Good to see you are also a seamstress along with your other many talents!!
Just a note that looking at your pattern/fabric layout…I could help you save some fabric if you would like some tricks of the trade.
January 24, 2011 at 2:46 am
I would love some tips sometime! I had to be careful to make sure that the material was facing the right direction because of the scale of the prints..but I actually changed my layout a little from the picture, and ended up using most of the fabric!
January 24, 2011 at 11:27 am
Ah, yes, one way print…you are right that is much more challenging and I did not think about that.