Blue Marine Dress.....inspiration.

The design for this dress has been in

my mind for a couple of years 

when I saw this dress from 

Blue Marine.

I made a summer version with short sleeves
using a New Look 6936 pattern.
I omitted the tie gathering at the
upper bodice.

The fabric is a jersey/knit that I found
at Laura's Fashion Fabric in White Rock BC.
& as this is a very easy pattern only
a couple of hours to finish.
This was another dress that was
tossed into a pile to be finished
from last year!

Sew you later!

Chanel......ish pants

I normally do not sew pants as I hardly wear them,

but the Chanel S/S 2013 collection that was shown last October changed my mind when I saw these come down the runway.

It was the sandals that caught my eye but the pants were interesting enough for me to try & make.

I used a poly cotton nylon fabric that resembled the Chanel perforated pants.  I first used this McCalls' 6404 legging pattern but it was too form fitting even though I cut a size bigger.

My only other pant pattern is this one that I made pants for my middle daughter a couple of years ago.

I omitted the drawstring & it worked much better for me!

Looking at this photo, I do need to work on my hems & next time will hand sew.  Maybe even try a real pant pattern with a zipper :)

Sew you later!

~DeniseAngela~

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