March’s Me-Made Dress
Happy March!!! and St Patrick’s day, which this green dress is a happy coincidence. Three months into this challenge and I’m starting to feel a bit more confident with my self-drafting skills… namely sleeves (still very much avoiding having to add zips or stitch any complex designs). I just finished binging season 2 of Bridgerton so I was inspired by the look of those square recency necklines with a slightly puffed sleeve but resemblance ended there.
The main issue I had with this dress was having to be aware of the dress pattern, which I hadn’t had to worry about much before. It might not look like it, but this fabric does have a slight checked rectangle texture to it so I had to try and position my pattern pieces to get the most of my fabric. I wanted to have a very full skirt and a gathered tier at the bottom, so I actually ran out of fabric for a traditional style bodice even though i had about 5metres of fabric. So I kinda drafted some slightly unorthodox straps for the sleeves and off I went. In the end I was super happy with how the sleeves turned out as I had seen some other dress designs with some shirring to gather in the bottom of the sleeves. This worked perfectly for a cute little feature, but also meant I didn’t have to try and measure my biceps for the elastic.
What you won’t see in these finished photos is the fact I had to fully line this dress. I had experience lining a dress back in 2020 so I was happy to grab some extra homespun white cotton to line the bodice and skirt. So glad I did because now I don’t need to worry about what I wear underneath it!
- Pattern – Self Drafted
- Fabric – Stretch Self Check Jacquard Mint 6 metres ( Spotlight)
- White Cotton for lining.
- Shirring Elastic – Spotlight
My other Me-made dresses
June’s Me-Made Dress
The start of another month means it is time for my next ‘me-made’ dress!!! Life and work kinda got a bit hectic the last few months, so I have been playing catch up with my 12 month dress project, which means I actually sewed 3 dresses in 3 days. But here is my June dress!
May’s Me-Made Dress
I’m back with another me-made dress!!! This dress is a re-make (better of course) of my very first self-drafted dress which I sewed in 2019. We already know that I love shirring and a full gathered skirt so this dress style is really the best of both worlds… all tied up together in a neat
April’s Me-Made Dress
Say hello to April’s me-made dress. I asked my Tiktok which fabric to pick and this one won hands down!!! I am not normally a big print type of gal but the dusty pink and retro florals called to me one trip to Spotlight! And I’m glad I grabbed it to try something different. This
March’s Me-Made Dress
Happy March!!! and St Patrick’s day, which this green dress is a happy coincidence. Three months into this challenge and I’m starting to feel a bit more confident with my self-drafting skills… namely sleeves (still very much avoiding having to add zips or stitch any complex designs). I just finished binging season 2 of Bridgerton
February’s Me-Made Dress
February is the month of loooooove… so this soft floral romantic style dress was perfect choice for this months me-made dress!! Actually this is the dress that started me sharing my dress project to Tiktok (and about 21k people fell in love with it and this project) and I get asked where I bought it
January’s Me-Made Dress
Starting off my 12 months of me-made dresses with a bang! I will admit this dress nearly didn’t get made in time for January but here she is! Starting off super simple with this baby doll style. Personally this loose style of dress is my favourite as it doesn’t need any tricky waist lines, sleeves,
