I promised you photos of my finished Sewaholic Nicola. I was lucky! The weather was pretty good today and I was able to model it outside!
Perhaps you remember from my previous post a few of the details… I used a cotton/Tencel fabric, similar to jean fabric but much lighter and “glossier”. I found the buttons in my stash, lovely gold coloured metal ones with a little crest on on them. My stash has actually tripled because my sister brought me more sewing supplies and notions that a friend of her’s didn’t need anymore. I love making a new dress without even having to enter a fabric shop!
Now here are some quick shots of the whole works!
I’ve already cut out my next project! What are you working on?
Happy Sewing!
That dress is great. I actually need something like that myself but I’m attracted to colorful prints like a kid is attracted to candy and neglect to sew the basics.
I love prints too! But this denim was to difficult to resist! 😍
Your dress is just perfect and I love that style of dress, it makes me want to do a bit of dressmaking next instead of crafty stuff!
Thank you! You have the cutest dolls – make my dress for one of them!
That lace channel is gorgeous. I learned something again, here: one of my outfits last month was from a fabric that I knew nothing about, except that it was beautiful and I wanted it. The fabric shop I buy from is very “creative” on their invoices. So on this invoice I had “Mix-and-match linen” and “Tinsel denim”. Well I thought tinsel denim was a nice description for it, since it has a metallic sheen in sunlight that reminds of tinsel on Christmas trees, right? At least now I know about cotton tencel, thanks {-:
You’re welcome. This is the first I heard of it when I purchased this fabric. I think it has the potential to wrinkle easily, like a linen would, but the feel of it and the colour and the “shine” like you say makes me very happy with it.
I have worn my pants and top a few times and it does crease easily…and it is a demon to iron. Have to use a press-cloth and medium iron otherwise it shows the ironing marks too easily. But you know what, I will definitely use it again, it is so beautiful and I am certain with your dress as well you will find people commenting on the unusual fabric texture.
I have recently purchased a … I can’t remember what it is called now… But it is a Teflon (plastic looking) cover for my iron and it replaces the need for a press cloth at any temperature setting. It also doesn’t leave any iron marks. Using that on my steam iron makes the job easier.
Love the fabric the dress looks great. Was the crochet detail your own – I really like it, what a great idea!
Thanks! The crochet belt is a 3″ wide length of lace sewn on. I got the idea from Pinterest – great for ideas!
Beautiful dress, Linda, I love that shade of blue. I have some pink chambray In my stash that is waiting to be a shirt dress one day. I like the collar on yours.
It is a great blue, isn’t it! The collar is directly from the Sewaholic pattern. I love it. It is so different!
Nice to see the finished product…very cute and so versatile!
Thank you!
Linda, your dress looks great. I agree with all the others–the lace is lovely. Also your backyard looks fabulous! It’s still brown and gritty here in Calgary.
Thank you! It’s all the rain that makes everything so green and blooming here!