3/22/2012

Not the Betty Draper dress yet but I am sure she'd wear this one, too.


Another sunny day, another Spring-y/Summer-y dress....
I had this tulip fabric in my stash for ages and knew I wanted to make a dress from it. I also knew it would be quite striking once transformed into said dress. But after trying it on for the first time, I was really over the moon with it.


It's nothing special really as far as the pattern goes but I think the fabric print and the colours are enough to turn heads. The bodice ties at the shoulders and a full (VERY FULL!!!) gathered skirt.




I made a red petticoat to go with this one for extra poofy Betty goodness!!!



without the poof


What do you think? Betty or not Betty?

18 comments:

  1. WOW! adorable!
    BETTY! 100%:-)!!
    wo hast du petticoat her? selbst gemacht oder selbst gekauft?

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  2. Thanks ladies!!!
    @Sewing Glaxy, selbst gemacht. Ich plane noch ein paar in verschiedenen Farben zu machen und dann mit weiteren super poofy Kleidern zu kombinieren.
    XX

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    1. woraus? tüll? neylon? wenn neylon-wo kann man ihn kaufen?

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  3. Stinknormaler Tuell (nicht der ganz steife sondern etwas softer, jede Menge davon). Organza wuerde vielleicht auch gehen, ist dann aber nicht ganz so poofy.

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  4. Okay, this is super freaky! I stumbled upon your blog the other day and was telling my husband, as I am a German married to an Englishman in the military, love the 50s and Lena Hoschek and I sew, so my husband jokingly called you my soulmate. And I made an identical dress from the exact same fabric, which I wore to a wedding last year. Spooky!

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  5. That is so awesome. That's a lot of things in common. A lot of good things!!!!

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  6. Oh, Betty would definitely wear this! I LOVE IT! I especially love the pettiskirt you made to wear underneath!

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  7. Oh my, it's gorgeous! How many metres of fabric did this dress use? I have 3m of the same fabric in my stash. Maybe I should make something similar for the wedding season...

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  8. Which pattern did you used? Love the color of the fabric and the peticoat makes it to look great also

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  9. Thank you for your sweet comments.
    @ Tilly It actually only used up 2 meters of 44"wide fabric believe it or not. The skirt is only about 23/24" long though. The bodice front and back pieces fitted nicely next to each other on the fabric on the fold. The straps came from whatever scraps I had left after cutting (ribbon etc. Would do the trick too). Then I just split the rest of the fabric in 3 equally long pieces, sewed them together and gathered like crazy. Boom ready to poof.
    @ Lizzy I didn't use a commercial pattern. Just my trusty self drafted bodice block and the skirt is just 3 rectangles seen together (see above)
    Very easy but great result.
    Xx

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  10. Beautiful, beautiful!! And I see from a comment reply above you made the petticoat. How much tulle did you use? And do you have a ruffle foot on your machine?

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  11. @ Suzy, I used about 3-4m I honestly can't remember. I had the net for a while. I just went for it as I wanted a petticoat. It's not the prettiest of things (the blue one is much nicer and I have some more colours on order for more petticoats) but it does the job. I didn't use a gathering foot. Just some time and patience.

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  12. It looks amazing!
    I wish I was brave enough to wear prints like that, they look so pretty :)
    Oh and your hair looks super cute too! :)

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  13. holy mackeral! i am soooooo in love with this dress! amazing job

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  14. This dress is too pretty for words!

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  15. Hi Bea! I absolutely love this dress - I made a similar dress with this fabric a while back and it makes me so happy every time I wear it, such happy fabric :)

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