Anya’s upcoming 1st Grade Performance is apparently going to be “How does your garden grow”. I think this would be a great dress for her to wear to it, with all the spring colors and flowers. She told me she prefers the black and white dress I made earlier, though. We shall see…
Just in case no one tells you…sewing with satin is a bit of a pain. It moves while cutting, it moves while sewing and it frays. Use lots and lots of pins, and a sewing needle for satins. Make sure to finish the edges in some way, as well (french seams, serge, etc.).
This is just a basic lined dress. I cut the skirt out, then cut out the top and then realized it might be a little short on her. I added the cream satin in the middle to add some length.
I hemmed it using the bias binding method. It gives a bit of form to the hem, in addition to not taking up a lot of fabric in the hemming process.
It has a zipper on the back. Ideally, I would have had a longer zipper in here. That would have meant going back to the fabric store for a zipper, and you know what happened last time. 😉
This is how it looks on the inside. I lined the bodice with some cotton to give it sturdiness.
Then here it is on the outside. A pretty satin dress!
VERY spring! And how I feel it when you talk about sewing with satin!! After that bloody formal dress,/a> I have sworn off the whole satin thing!! 🙂 Good job here though!
Ooops. Messed up my link! Soz 🙂