I have been a lazy blogger this year. I realize blogs aren't as popular/read as they once were. But this is my way of documenting my sewing for myself. So this is the first of several posts to catch up on garment sewn earlier this year.
In April, my local American Sewing Guild chapter had a tea party inspired event. We were encouraged to wear our party hats and fascinators. I don't wear hats/fascinators. I like dresses though. For some unexplained reason, all the spring dresses in my closet had shrunk. So I made a new one.
Knipmode 2404-10 dress. The fabric was a viscose print from Fabric Mart Fabrics. The pattern is available as a PDF download from the Knipmode website. Instructions are in Dutch and can be translated with Google Translate
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| Knipmode 2404-10 |
The tie on the right hand side is cut as one with the dress front and when seamed, forms the gathering at the side waist. The dress was easy to sew except that the edge of the bottom half of the front pattern piece (D,E area in drawing below) was on the bias and stretched out a bit. It had to be eased into the front button band. And I think, because of this, the dress hem droops a bit on that side. Something nobody but me would notice. The left front is one piece, cut on the straight of grain, with a waist tie inserted in the side seam.
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| Knipmode 2404-10 right front pattern |
A couple weeks later I saw a Burda dress (10 2024 107) with similar front waist styling, but the RHS front pattern was drafted with a waist seam and sewn on tie. This design kept the edges, where the button band is sewn, on the straight of grain, and required less fabric. I found the comparison of the two dresses interesting.
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| Burda 10 2024 107 right front pattern |
I enjoyed wearing the dress to the ASG event and out to some family birthday dinners at fancy restaurants. The waist with the tie in front and elastic in back is very forgiving.
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| KnipMode 2024 04 #10 |
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