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Appease the Summer Gods Dress
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This is the Afternoon Tea Top extended into a dress.
The fabric was so see-through I had to add an extra slip/lining layer. And then my girlfriend told me: Ohh, I’m always careful with gathers around the bust as it makes us small chested women look flat! (Although I’m pretty sure we always look flat) I hand stitched in some moulded bra padding to try to add some support as well as adding the straps (because I couldnt hold the dress up myself!). Works pretty well. I moved the zipper to the side to accomodate those fun squiggles on the fabric. The dress is a suck-in-and-hold exercise to get the zip up (she’s a wee bit tight).
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Very light cotton with a very light linen slip.
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Nov 4, 2009, 04.26 AMby cquinn13
beautiful! i really like this. the fabric is amazing. I use gathers on the bust too…you’re right, it does help the front, but i’ve also noticed it doesn’t do much from the side
oh well…it looks great on you :)
Nov 3, 2009, 08.46 PMby Almatinka
Awesome dress! And I think the combination of the fabric being sheer and the second layer underneath is actually making it look different and interesting! I hope you’ll be able to let it out, so you can wear/put it on easily – it’s a wonderful job you’ve done there!!!
Nov 3, 2009, 03.17 PMby ruskisoldato
your friend might have been the tinniest bit jealous of your cool dress… you dont look flat at all, and i agree with ichigogirl, gathers actually make you look bigger on the front (which is why i avoid them)
anyways, good job, that fabric looks pretty cool.
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Nov 3, 2009, 04.31 PMby dare
Thanks!
I’ll share your consensus with my friend. :)
Nov 3, 2009, 01.08 PMby Ichigogirl
Hehe, and I actually used the gathers to add some volume in that area… it’s funny how differently you can look at the same thing! Should be logical that more volume = visually bigger bust though but then it depends how you look at it :-). It kind of hides them too, I guess.
Nice adaption by the way, I really like the double material and double straps! Maybe you can let the darts out a little to make it less of an exercise to get in?
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Nov 3, 2009, 01.57 PMby dare
True comment. I find from the front I look full but when I critically examine from the side I look flat. But then we are all critical about different things about ourselves! I probably wouldn’t have even noticed but for my friends comment.
I really should try and let it out a bit.
I love the patterns you put up by the way. I’ve got some plans for your Anna top.