Hello May sewers!
I'm here to show my FOURTH Reeta dress! It is kind of weird that I keep sewing this dress given that, as I've said three times before, it keeps not suiting me... until now?! I just had a feeling that somehow this dress could be what I wanted - and I think this is more or less it.
I was inspired by Katie's no-collar look for this dress, and indeed I massively prefer it on me like this. This is some viscose-poly type I picked up at A-One Fabrics on Goldhawk Road for a bargainous £4 per metre. It feels really nice and sewed up well - the lovely red shell buttons are from Textile Garden.
The changes I made were:
- running the back bodice/skirt and the back placket together to make one piece
- and therefore needing a facing for the back neckline
- making the sleeves batwing and cut-on
-forgoing the drawstring and case and instead making a self-tie with two belt loops in the side seams
And voila! It looks a right old wrinkly mess in these pics (*ahem, the DRESS*) which is no shade to Shelley's excellent photo skills. But I think the dress itself looks nice in real life - I actually like it a lot!
GASP!! A Reeta I like!!! Fourth time lucky!
