I don't know exactly what it should look like. I bought this strange but intriguing piece of fabric the other day, the pattern is big and the colors are odd, it looks very seventies to me. It just looked like from someone's blog so I got it. Now, the pattern for sewing: Since the way it looks the dress needs to be kind of slim with a wider skirt and maybe short sleeves so that the arms would be bare. Knee length. Or little longer. It is stretchy and thick so it can resemble a long pullover as well.
I have been having one pattern on my mind for a long time, it is very old, what a surprise, from the 70s, and I always liked it. (Look at her pose and a hairdo!!) It has raglan sleeves and, that is the thing, they are not short.
And as I know myself, at the end I will try to get off with it as easier as it could be and I will cut out something like this. Keep little wider the skirt. Not as elegant as the one above though.
And I will wear these knitted stockings with it. The blue will be the perfect match. My mum made them several years ago. I have never worn them, they were too tight round my thighs, now they fit well. Scary.
I don't know exactly what it should look like. I bought this strange but intriguing piece of fabric the other day, the pattern is big and the colors are odd, it looks very seventies to me. It just looked like from someone's blog so I got it. Now, the pattern for sewing: Since the way it looks the dress needs to be kind of slim with a wider skirt and maybe short sleeves so that the arms would be bare. Knee length. Or little longer. It is stretchy and thick so it can resemble a long pullover as well.
I have been having one pattern on my mind for a long time, it is very old, what a surprise, from the 70s, and I always liked it. (Look at her pose and a hairdo!!) It has raglan sleeves and, that is the thing, they are not short.
And as I know myself, at the end I will try to get off with it as easier as it could be and I will cut out something like this. Keep little wider the skirt. Not as elegant as the one above though.
And I will wear these knitted stockings with it. The blue will be the perfect match. My mum made them several years ago. I have never worn them, they were too tight round my thighs, now they fit well. Scary.
7 comments:
i love your fabric! i can't wait to see how your dress turns out. no matter what the style, i think it will look great with those blue tights! the cookies from a few posts ago look delicious. i haven't made my holiday cookies yet, and i am inspired to try something with chocolate, nuts and raisins. i love that combination. as for the italo calvino on my book shelf, it is his translation of Italian Folktales. it's a wonderful book full of strange and fantastic fairy tales...my daughter and i are working our way through reading it.
The stockings are really wonderful!
Lucky girl.
I really like those stockings! The fabric is wonderful; I think it does have a 70s feel to it. I am curious to see what the dress will turn out like. I made Vanilkovy Rohliky with my sister this week. I love them...my mom always made them for Christmas.
Could not find your email (can't believe I forgot to put it in my address book) so I will answer you here. My sister and I speak English together but sometimes we throw in Czech words. We speak Czech with my parents with some English words thrown in - basically it comes out half and half between Czech and English. It's quite funny actually and some times we take a czech word and put an English ending on it. Be prepared for that type of thing in a bilingual household. There are Czech expressions which you just can't translate so we will use those in situations that are perfect for that expression. My sister's husband and my spouse just laugh at us when they hear us speak. I still think and dream in Czech - weird hey!
One more thing, sorry about all these messages, but my son Josh left you a little note on my blog under 'peter the fish post' in regards to the bilingual question. Just go to the comments and you will see his note toward the bottom.
I have to say that I love those stockings too!
the stockings are fantastic!
Good luck with the sewing - this outfit will look great!
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