Vogue 9237 in a large scale floral

Nov 24

Nov 24 Vogue 9237 in a large scale floral

A very unseasonal make from me today! I picked this Minerva fabric at the end of the summer, when I was all inspired by the warm weather, but then the print on demand fabric took a while to arrive and life got a bit busy, and now it's the middle of November and I finally finished my summer dress!

The pattern is the Vogue 9237 which I've made twice before, both times in African wax, it's such a cute easy to wear shape. The fabric is print on demand on the stonewashed textured cotton, which is a base I love, it's so unusual, and the perfect balance between structure/weight and drapiness. I think it might be my favourite print on demand base, alongside maybe the tencel twill.

The print is from the Keechii B collaboration, it's called floral fiesta. I am always here for a bit of bright green, but the pale pink is a departure for me, I don't own anything in this colour at all. I actually found this quite hard to style for winter (I was picturing it bare legs and sandals when I ordered it), I've gone with fuchsia pink, which I think works pretty well!

I had some issues with tightness around the arms on one of my other versions, so I added a small (3cm? I can't remember) full biceps adjustment to the sleeves, and I'm really happy with how loose they're feeling. On my previous versions I used a hook and eye to fasten it at the back, but for this I added a button and button hole, which feels more secure, the hook does have a tendency to come apart. I think I might go back and add buttonholes to the other two dresses actually

The other way in which this is different is that I seem to have ended up with a slight hi-lo hem, I'm not really sure why, that's not happened on the other two. I like it though!

I also used up all my fabric scraps by making a tote bag and some scrunchies!