During the summer I made a lot of Giraffe dresses,
the original blue one,
the one in black and white,
the striped one I made for my sister and one more I haven't posted about, yet. BUT I didn't make only Giraffe dresses, I did make another Simplicity 1699. My
first version was a dress I made for my grandmother. That one turned out very pretty and I wanted to make one for myself.
I had the above fabric in my stash and wanted to use it for a dress. I thought of Simplicity 1652, as seen above, but it's made up of something like 15 pattern pieces and I got the advice to make something simpler to show off the pretty fabric. And that's how I decided on Simplicity 1699.
I had already traced the pattern in size EU44 which is a little small for me around the waist (especially after the summer...), but I used it anyway and added about 4 centimetres to the seam allowances around the waist. And that did the trick. The fit is good and during construction, I left the side seams to last so they can be modified if needed in the future (like if I lose my extra "summer weight").
Since I had a pink zipper, and I love pink, I decided to let the zipper show to give the dress a little extra something.
The length is perfect if I only overlock the edge and turn over a centimetre, which means if I should make a nice-looking hem I have to cut the dress longer. Maybe I'll do that if I make the dress again.
The fabric is 100% cotton from the brand
Tilda which can be found at
Panduro here in Sweden. I love the fabrics from Tilda, the quality is fantastic and the prints are unbelievably pretty.
I'm onto other projects, like autumn/winter sewing plans. :)
Bye for now,
Johanna (and Siri the Cat)
