August 9, 2014

Simple jersey dress

Sewing beautiful, complicated things can be very rewarding. In fact, I sometimes wonder if it would be better to slow down and pay more attention to each project (good in theory, but I have so many ideas...). But it's not always the right thing to do. 
There are times when a quick project is just the right thing to do. Going from yardage to wearing it out in just a couple of hours has its own charm. Especially if you pick an eye-catching colour so your simple thing can't go unnoticed. 
And of course, it's even better if the simple thing fills a kind of gap in your wardrobe. 
And, as an added bonus, these quick makes often develop into hardworking wardrobe staples, because they were not made from particularly precious fabric nor took much time and effort to make, you're not afraid to wear them anywhere...


So, I made a very simple new jersey dress. I often tend to overlook jersey dresses a bit as not being 'proper garments' compared to the more labour-intensive woven ones, but they are really comfortable. And they can look quite nice. An the old ones were getting quite old...

I bought this nice, fairly beefy, turquoise cotton double knit earlier this year and decided to turn it into a dress and a top. I had only just enough to cut out the top (I guess I should have tried it out before cutting out the dress but because this was round knit fabric, that was getting a bit difficult). And in this post, I only have pictures of the dress, which E took with his phone when we were walking into the town center today (all the pictures were taken in the enclosed yard behind our apartment)

It's a plain fitted dress with cut-on cap sleeves and a deep V at the back. I bound the neckline with a band, the other edges were just serged and hemmed by hand (which took more time than constructing the dress itself, but I can be weird like that...) 
I cut the skirt a little bit wider than I've done in the past in the hope that it would reduce the dress's tendency to creep up and that seems to work. 

It's by no means an impressive display of sewing skill, but I think I will enjoy this dress for some time to come.

4 comments:

  1. It may be "simple" but it looks great and you'll probably wear it all the time. I find I wear a lot of knits because they're just so comfortable. Since I don't need work clothes (I wear a uniform - haven't won the lottery yet) my casual wardrobe needs knit tops and dresses. I will reach for the knit dress much more often than the woven, so with limited sewing time it's nice to wear things that get worn.

    P.s. That color looks like KLM blue ;-) Love it with your coloring!

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  2. I really like this dress on you, such a great fit and colour. I'm much newer to sewing and so only just getting to grips with knits!

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  3. Wow- it really is gorgeous and fits you so beautifully!

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  4. We often can't resist the temptation of dresses, and all like to wear beautiful and stylish dresses throughout the seasons, and now I think it's time for the wholesale Jersey dresses to appear.

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