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Blue "Muslin"

24/07/2012      Life, Sewing      11 Comments

As you all know I’ll soon be my best friends made of honor. Most of you also know that I’ll be making that dress myselves. I’ll be making a  copy cat of Sophie Ellis-Bextors dress:

I’ve made a trail version of the slipdress, although it is perfectly wearble on itself. I like to make clothers that can be used in several ways.

*Tadaaaaaa* The dress is a mashup from an adjusted Burda 11/2011 bustier cocktail dress an a flared skirt I drew myselves.

I didn’t add any boning. Since I expected that it would need a ton of adjustment, I didn’t plan on actually wearing this dress. For a bustier dress without boning it keeps up wonderfully! I guess that it is because it is very snug. Probably I’l be adding detacheble straps in the near future. I’m pretty sure this dress won’t survive the “jumpint-test”.

I’m very pleased with the result. The zipper installation on this dress isn’t one of the most pretty one I’ve done. But hey, this should be a muslin, and I have an extra at once. On my body it looks better then on the dressform. A dress form is very hard compared to my soft body.
Pattern: adjusted burda 01/2012 leather bustier dress, (only the bustier is available through burdastyle) and a flared skirt I drew myselves
Year: 2012
Mods: I made the bustier front into a straight line, I elongated the bustier.
Fabric: 2 meters Coton (1,5 m wide), 6 euro  Moens modestoffen
Notions: Zipper, 20 ct kringwinkel, thread, gütermann 3,2 euro, I used about half
Time to complete: +/- 5 hours.
First worn: the same day as I finished it to go and chill in the sun.
Wear again? Yes! Maybe I will add detacheble straps so I can wear it more often
Total cost: 7,80 euro
-xxx-
Lelie

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  1. Lincy Van Ostaeyen says

    24/07/2012 at 21:41

    The bride to be is liking it! 🙂

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    • Lelie says

      25/07/2012 at 21:22

      Nice 🙂

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  2. elisse says

    25/07/2012 at 00:48

    Wauw, heel schoon! ’t Past u ook perfect! Als je het aangepaste patroon nog hebt (met jouw maten bij) zou ik dat precies heeeeeeeeeeel graag ook eens proberen! Hihi!

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    • Lelie says

      25/07/2012 at 13:43

      Ik zal proberen of ik het kan inscannen. Dat zal wel niet voor vandaag zijn

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  3. la merlette blanche says

    25/07/2012 at 07:37

    Heel mooi, en inderdaad, rond je lijf NOG mooier 🙂

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    • Lelie says

      25/07/2012 at 13:43

      Bedankt!

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