So first a foremost blogger community I would like to welcome you and thank you for viewing my first post in a long time.
This is my first dress i've done in a long time so my skills were a little rusty but, practice practice so onto the dress.
The dress is a Butterick 5136 pattern that I used for the top that I altered slightly. It had a vintage feel which I love but, I did the skirt a bit different which was a bit of an aline. I forgot to mention it in the video but, I added darts to the skirt in order to make it fit. The hem is big since I recycled our old blanket (their clean since I cleaned it like 3 times). I also added a brown zipper that is visible since I like that actual break up in the fabric.
The top its self has I believe top stitching or edge stitching, I can't remember since I always got those two confused, it is also lined inside since the pattern was nice enough to come with a lining. The back of the garment originally called for a zipper coming up but, I wanted to be cheap with the zipper since I didn't feel like waiting for finish this so I made it a stretchable instead with elastic which is encased in the black fabric you see in the back. The strap I saw on the pattern gave me an idea to braid it since I like to change things up a bit but, with a braid going straight into the seam it reminds me of those beach bags you see for sale so I let it branch the three pieces first then braided it. The back works a bit similar but, when constructing it the braid actually flattens out in the seam.
The finishing for this fabric since if you guys are wondering for those who don't have servers at home, I actually was able to do a french seam for some of the seams (mainly the bottom) but, the top, the lining concealed my fabrics so no fraying is showing nor will actually fray because of that.
Any other questions or such just comment and I will respond the best I can. The video is just the same thing written here but, in video form. So have a great day and enjoy!
