Hallo everyone! I’m here and wearing my Spring For Cotton sewing project. And it’s polka dotted! And looky dat….we’s got the front views, the side views, and the me walking off into the sunset views. The Spring For Cotton sewing challenge, masterminded and hosted by the ever gracious Rochelle of Lucky Lucille, is pretty straight up….sew something vintage inspired, using 100% cotton. Just what the doctor* ordered. Every time I wear my Midnight in Paris Dress, I vow to sew another; and this challenge is a perfect fit. I made the pattern almost, nearly the same as my MIP dress. {It’s a hack on the Burda Blouse 7255.} This go round, I omitted the inverted pleat in the back bodice, and I made the skirt portion just a wee bit fuller. I used polka dot quilting cotton…and how is it that this is the first all-polka dot dress I’ve sewn, asks she? The trim is 100% cotton twill. I cut 1 1/2″ strips, and pressed the long edges under 1/4″. I lined the skirt portion with 100% cotton muslin. Although my shoes make me feel a bit like Dorothy, they are the closest to vintage that I have…um…and I love them. So? How true to the 1920s am I? Probably not very. But the design is similar to the lovely dress Marion Cotillard wore in the film Midnight in Paris. My fabric, however, is light, crisp cotton…quite unlike the lovely diaphanous and sequinned makes of the twenties. After a quick Internet looky, I believe my dress might be described as a 1920s house dress. A house dress! Call it what you will, I promise you this dress will not be staying in the house! * I had my return visit to the eye doctor and my eyeball is looking just as it was a week ago…which is a good thing. Thanks bunches for all your kind words on my last post. They are so very appreciated! This time, I also had a routine eye exam, and…after fifteen plus years…I’m in the market for a new pair of specs. So far, I’ve found nothing suitable. It’s weird…at least to me….I’ve found frames that have polka dots, or stripes on the inside…on the inside, but not on the outside. {Insert sad face here} Ah well, the hunt continues. All righty, a deadline is looming, so short and sweet … Continue reading SPRING FOR COTTON : : BURDA 7255 HACK