I fell in love with this fabric and finally decided on a dress pattern I thought would compliment the beautiful design - something not too busy so that the focus is more on the print than the pattern. The pattern came from the Japanese dress book: Stylish Dress Book, most likely found on etsy.com
I really like the selvage edges of fabric and think it is a shame they are so often trimmed off and thrown out. I thought it would be fun to include it in my dress. It adds a token of who made the fabric and I thought it added an appropriate modern look to the neckline. I added a slightly raised boat neck to the dress as well, which is done with a really thick binding. I thought this also helped to bring in an element of elegance. This way the dress is swanky enough for a date, elegant enough for church and casual enough to go shopping in.
Absolutely cute design! My mom just started helping me venture into the world of dressmaking. This is such an awesome blog. You can check out my progress on http://greenchickadees.blogspot.com.
ReplyDeleteCute dress! So I never thought about selvages before, but right before I saw this post, I was looking at another site and saw this: http://tallgrassprairiestudio.blogspot.com/2010/04/spiderweb-tutorial-for-selvages.html
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K - love the use os selvage at that website!
ReplyDeleteA - you go with yo' bad self!