How is everybody doing? I’m doing just fine this evening; keeping it cutesy and very mindful. Very demure. I cannot stop saying that even if I tried LOL! I love that gal on TikTok and I swear I’ll never delete that app…it is just hilarious! Now this post is about a pattern mash-up I daydreamed up one day in June; Sunday June 16, 2024 to be exact. I kept thinking of a halter maxi dress and these two fabrics that I’ve had in my stash for eons. Quite often I’d pull both of the fabrics out and admire them but never found anything to make with them. When my ideas came together for the halter maxi I immediately fished those two fabrics out to make my new dress. The two fabrics have the prettiest Safari prints and went beyond well together. When I first got them I loved ’em a whole lot. I’m also still sewing for hot weather because our forecast is still well over the 100 degree mark. Now on to the deets on the dress and patterns.
To create the dress I used two McCall’s patterns; the halter portion of M6083 and the skirt portion of M7834. I’ve made M6083 before quite a few times before. (View D of M7834 only one time though) I had almost three yards of both pieces so it was more than enough to create the tiers on the skirt. I fussy cut the fabric to showcase the prints because they really are what makes the dress special. I cut a size 16 from both patterns and the fabrics are some kind of buttery cotton blend. They are sooooo soft. I sewed it up using two of my machines because I had one set for all the gathering the skirt required and the other one for the regular construction. It was a super fun sew but kinda extra with all the fabric that the skirt portion called for. The bodice needed some fixing up because it was too big when I tried it on. I ended up taking it in an extra 5/8 of an inch. Overall I LOVE it.
Imma show yall the pictures now because I have the internet guy coming over to install a new modem and fix the wall outlet. Got a sweet potato pie in the oven too! I’ll talk to you good people soon I promise! (There’s a video at the end of the dress right after I finished it)
Love,
LOLA
