Category: Dresses

  • ROSALIE

    ROSALIE

    I don’t know if it’s the same for you, but the weeks before holidays are always quite chaotic for me ! Emergencies at work to be handled in the absence of colleagues already on vacation, travel planning, preparing suitcases… and I have very little time left to sew ! but since I can’t do without it, I rather look for super fast patterns to make like Rosalie from Fibremood !

    .: The pattern

    Rosalie is a wide, unlined pattern with a V-neck and ruffled sleeves. The skirt attachment, below the bust, is slightly gathered. 

    .: The fabric

    For the body I used a medium thickness cotton (200g/m2), cream color decorated with thin and elegant lurex stripes. It has good hold and opacity. This fabric was included in Joli Lab’s June kit but it can be purchased separately. For the sleeves I used a one-meter remnant of Japanese cotton that had been offered to me at the Paris Creation Salon held in October 2021. 

    .: The size

    The available sizes range from XS to XXXL. I opted for size S but if you don’t like the cut too loose opt for a size smaller than your usual!

    .: The modifications

    Absolutely none !

    .: The difficulties

    Super simple, in a couple of hours the dress is ready! The fabric is super easy to sew, and you can wear it from the head without the need for either zippers or buttons. It is an ideal pattern for beginners.

    .: The cost

    As I said, the fabric was included in a monthly kit that I buy from time to time, but you can also find it by meters at a metre price of €9.95 EUR. I would say I needed less than two meters. For the sleeves, the fabric was free :-). I purchased the paper pattern at Veritas.

    Let’s say that with less than 20 EUR I made myself a nice little dress !

    .: Would I make it again?

    Yes yes I would remake it in black sangallo lace !

    🍎 See you soon ! 🍎

  • GRAND’OURSE

    GRAND’OURSE

    A few days ago, I wrote you about another Ikatee model: the sweat Charlie. Today, I’ll tell you about Grand’Ourse. A very pretty cardigan / jacket, which can be declined in several versions, with or without bear or rabbit ears. Ikatee offered a ready-to-sew kit with a suede fabric lined with fur. It’s super quick to make because this fabric doesn’t need any hems or serger!

    Personally, I only bought the pdf pattern because I had already found the fabric on the Atelier de la Création website (France Duval Stalla brand).

    I just wait for the temperatures to warm up a bit and stop snowing before I’ll let my polpetta wearing it!

    🍎 See you soon! 🍎

  • ALICE

    ALICE

    Alice by Clematisse Patterns, is a refined and very feminine model, like all of her patterns 😉. I love it!

    The dress can be declined in different ways. V-neck front or back; short or long sleeves.

    I opted for short sleeves and a V-neck on the back.

    I really like the effect of the puffed sleeves, which is actually very simple to make. In addition, if you want to accentuate it, you can add an elastic to the sleeve.

    In a few hours the dress is ready! And 1m50 of fabric is enough to make it in size 36F (38IT). For long sleeves you have to add 20 cm more.

    For the fabric I chose a cream and black spotted cotton jacquard purchased on Supercut website. I find it formidable and of excellent quality. The fabric is double face as you can see from the sleeves.

    🍎 See you soon! 🍎

  • MEADOW

    MEADOW

    Joli Lab’s November box offers a simple and fun model to sew over a weekend.

    Meadow is a dress (or blouse) with a wrap neckline, delicately structured by a clever set of pleats on the shoulders and sleeves. I like the color of the fabric, a green viscose with black and white little flowers

     The step by step tutorial on YouTube will let to create the dress with ease.

    Attending impatiently at December box … who knows, maybe something sparkling for Christmas holidays!

    🍎  See you soon! 🍎

  • MANON

    MANON

    I was so fascinated by the smocking technique that I have already made two versions of the Manon dress, by Ma Petite Fabrique.

    A nice teardrop closure in the back, a collar worked with smocks, puff sleeves and smocks, this dress is really very romantic. Lined except in the sleeves, it’s ideal for light weight fabrics.

    For the first version, in black and white wool blend, I cut the top to the length indicated for the blouse and shortened the length of the skirt accordingly. The second version, in blue wool blend, is the original one, not modified. I’ll tell you, I prefer the first one. Perhaps also because for the blue dress I used a 32-thread Stragier poplin as lining but it is too thick for this model (alas I had run out of cotton voile).

      Let me know what you think! 🙂

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  • CHAGALL

    CHAGALL

    Looking for a quick but snappy project? I recommend the Chagall dress by Les Patronnes. I was mainly attracted by the large trapezoidal-cut belt that emphasizes the hips and brought a touch of femininity to the dress. It can be worn with both heels or sneakers.

    The model does not include any type of closure, neither zipper, nor buttons, and is therefore very simple to make.

    I chose a grey flannel fabric with little blue flowers from Atelier 27, and I modified the sleeves by adding an embroidered border bought at Stecker, Belgium. For this hacking, I recommend a very well done tutorial from les.ateliers.de.rachel.lajoie. It is in French, but with the images is very easy to understand!

    Let me know what you think! 🙂

    🍎 See you soon! 🍎