Category: Dress
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The Wilma Flintstone Dress
Before starting on Simplicity 2178, I googled around to see what others have made with the same pattern and stumbled upon The Muslinette, and this post, which made me laugh out loud. I am copying this smart observation here: Since I have already made one similar dress before, I decided to avoid the shoulder strap altogether,…
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Cherry Dress
First, there was fabric: I loved it instantly, it is stretch cotton and was quite pricey to my standards, nearly 18 euros per metre, but the local fabric store Abakhan (their online-shop is nothing special and most of their goods are not even presented there), recently gave 20% off of everything for two days, and…
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Black and White Optical Dress and Obi-belt
I saw this really good quality cotton batiste with a cool optical print in Athens. The whole roll of fabric was presented behind the door of the shop, in the street, as most of the Greek fabric shops do, but usually they keep the better stuff inside. One lady was looking at it and the…
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Rosy Leopard Dress
Summer in Estonia is tricky and after spending 7 years in much warmer climates (2 years in Cyprus and 5 in Greece), I am surprised every time I wake up here in the morning and it seems that the weather has turned from summer to autumn overnight. The peculiar thing is that you never know…
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Burda Easy Fashion S/S 2012 Dress
I always buy Burda Easy Fashion issues, although the patterns seem to get more and more basic over time. In the last, spring/summer 2012 issue, the 60´s inspired line drew my attention, since I have been wanting to make a simple dress in that style. At the same time I was looking for a tangerine…
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