This dress is inspired by a dress that I can't find a photo of, which is pretty good because they don't look much alike.
The fabric is, what I think is called French terry. In Sweden it's called sweatshirt fabric. I used the wrong side as the outside to make it look more like the original dress.
The pattern is something I came up with myself, sort of. I combined some different patterns to get the look I wanted. The gathers are a little low compared to the inspiration dress, I think it's fine, but if/when i make it again I will raise them.
I used the twin needle to finish the arm holes, the neckline and the hem and i used white thread to make it a little more interesting.
The dress is really comfy and I've worn it loads already.
Bye for now,
Johanna
PS. I found a photo of the original dress on my colleagues blog Bland annat:
I know there's a big ruffle at the bottom of the dress and I had one on my dress too, but it looked like crap so I took it off.
That dress looks so comfortable and the colour looks really good on you. I must ask, since I'm a fabric illiterate, what is sweatshirt fabric?
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DeleteSweatshirt fabric is what sweatshirts are made of. If you look at the inside it is either peached (like really soft, it looks like polar fleece) or it looks a little bit like terrycloth. The last one is what I used and prefer, the first kind is mostly very thick.