December 10

I got some sheer rose print fabric from Thrift Town recently and used it for two different projects.

The first project is a dress that I made by altering Colette Pattern's Macaron dress. I kept the sweet heart yoke and scalloped sleeves, but I changed the back yoke to be buttoned down, and I changed the body of the dress to be a pleated a line shape. There are pockets in the side seams and the lining for the dress has lace on the hemline for some added pretty.
At first I worried that it would look too much like a nightgown, but now I don't mind because it sure is comfortable to wear out and about.

The second project is a blouse with a petal collar. I used the JJ Blouse pattern from BurdaStyle, but used the sleeves from the Macaron dress pattern, and made the collar a bit more interesting. I considered doing a peter pan collar, but then I remembered all the lovely petal collars that I've drooled over on dresses from Nadinoo and decided to try one for myself.
Since I've made the JJ Blouse about 4 times before, the beginning of this project went rather quickly. I did have to take some extra time to make french seams since the fabric likes to unravel at the edges. The collar was probably the most time consuming as I had to first create a pattern, then sew 7 individual petal pieces, and finally attach them to the blouse.