Sailor dress

Just finished a new dress, yet another waistless cut.

I went to a fabric store to find some lining to other dress but stumbled upon this fabric. Right away I though about that certain sailor dress some brand had (and later found out it was APs Cosmic JSK, not that similar) and decided to something like it. I ditched my current project to finish this one first. My goal was to get it done to Tracon.

I had in mind to do another waistless dress. I'm not that happy with the pattern I have used on earlier dresses so I decided to try it a bit different way. The earlier one was just widened and gathered as the first dress had border print and for this one I tried A-line hem without any gatherings (except for sleeves). The neckline is wide enough to fit a head through so the dress don't have zipper or such.

The fabric was really awful to sew. It's really thin and slippery. That wasn't the only problem: the print were a bit off. I couldn't just fold the fabric and cut, I had to cut one half first and then match the print and the cut the other half. This caused some problems later on as it needed some darts on the front and shoulders to fit the lining.

This was the first time I made a sailor collar. The stripes are cut from navy fabric and not ready-made ones as I wanted it to match other navy stuff I made for the dress (ribbons etc, and a bag is on its way). The center part it attached with snap buttons.

Overall I'm happy with this one. It's really nice even with some small flaws. There were some leftover fabric and I haven't decided yet what to make with it. Maybe a skirt.