After a looong time away from my sewing machine I found myself busy again today. My middle child has a Winter music performance coming up. She will also attend the Nutcracker with her class and for both occasions she wanted to look especially pretty. I used the Farbenmix Nadya pattern and Halequin Floral Tan fabric from Stenzo to sew her special occasion dress.
For one version I made an underskirt out of tulle. Can I say here, that I absolutely *hate* working with tulle?!! Is there a secret to working with tulle that I don't know about? For now I am swearing off it! My daughter of course loves the feel of the dress with the puffy tulle underskirt. She said, she never had such a special dress.
For more of an every day wear, I made the knit pants, that come in the pattern as well and also the matching headband (extra e-book from Farbenmix). I think I could have cut a smaller size, but I always like to go a little too big than too small.
I have a lot of fabrics in the shop right now that would be wonderful for dresses for special occasions such as my daughters has coming up. Have a look around here and also here. And if you would also like super fancy dress pattern Willemientje is fantastic!
3 comments:
Beautiful! I bet she does feel extra special! :)
Great dress! I haven't started on this pattern yet but I love it. And you are right, Willemientje is great too. Really wonderful for a special occasion.
Have a nice day, Mariëtte
What a beautiful dress you made. The fabric I find beautiful. And yes, tulle is a disaster now and then to process, hahaha, but it makes the dress very special.
Greetings, Collie
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