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Summer Dresses!

Bit of a treat coming back from Easter weekend up North to these patterns having arrived!

I'm trying to recreate dresses I already have that I love with these patterns. I have made my own patterns before by using dresses I already have as a template, but I find these don't usually fit very well. I think I'd be able to make better patterns if I had a mannequin my size... but for now these patterns are my best option.

So the first dress I'm trying to recreate is my Tabitha Dress from Monsoon.

I love the colours and pattern of this dress, but I particularly like the fit. I think 

New Look pattern 6095 will produce a similar dress.

I'm going to make this in a powder blue; a perfect summery colour.

The second dress I'm trying to recreate is the Topshop Tapestry Dress. I bought the top in the same print but don't have the dress - unfortunately! 

I'm making New Look pattern 6262 in a Liberty print. I love Liberty fabric. There are always such pretty prints to choose from and it feels lovely too. Of course the price tag of Liberty fabric doesn't really fit with my idea of my sewing to save money though... so I'll let you into my secret. I buy second quality Liberty fabric from the Factory shop attached to the fabric factory (obviously) in Lancaster. It might not be perfect but I've never found any visible faults in the fabric and it is SO much cheaper!

This is the Liberty fabric I'll be using:

And now I'm off to sew!