remember this little beaut? awkward midi length printed corduroy with armscyes dangerously nearing side-boob territory. much improved.
as evidenced here... fine-wale corduroy in dry staticy apartment picks up everything. i dont even know what i own that is white and fluffy. i have a black cat, blackish hair, a veritable rainbow of sweaters, and brown faux fur accessories. i digress.
prior to chopping 14" off the bottom of the dress, i popped in boob darts and decided i quite liked the resulting teardrop shaped armscyes. after hemming the bottom i thought ... hm. perhaps a back cut-out is in order. its heavy woven cotton so there shouldnt be too much weird pulling, i have more than enough fabric for bias tape, and i will actually try it on and mark my bra line so the cut-out isnt too low.
well i tried.
the corduroy is ever so slightly stretchy and i didnt interface the back. cos im lazy. so its a little wonky. i'll see what happens when i wash it... and if its still messed up i guess i'll sew some fabric [lace maybe?] back under it to flatten out the top and bottom of the heart.
I like the tear drop effect too! Kudos for the heart cutouts, I've never tried it before. So very Valentine's-y ehh? :)
ReplyDeletethanks! id seen a lot of pictures and added some tutorials to pinterest, but of course attempted the lazy way. and i didnt even think of valentines.
ReplyDeleteI love this! It would look super cute with lace too, but is just as cute without it!
ReplyDeleteI have a wordpress blog, it's http://www.diaryofamadmama.wordpress.com, I'd love for you to check it out. I do refashions too, but I'm just getting started.
Have a great day!
~Jen
thanks! i will probably add lace to it ..eventually. and i'll definitely check out your blog!
ReplyDeleteHi Liz!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this dress! The flowers are very cute and the cut out heart is nice, althougt as it's a winter dress, won't you be cold in rhe back?
Kisses from Portugal!