In a recent Friday Confession I brought up the topic of copying RTW. The reason I thought of it is that I recently purchased two dresses that I think are amazingly flattering on a person who still needs to lose 20 pounds. ;)
Here's the first one:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh7pEN6JevjRaY8XSbKbGov5EbJV63HEl96MwBf_8vEt0v0lpX4Acp4CDxkGqIZD7T7V1DuLiNGn5YV_2YRXUJM4FxDxU3yKZyigYuNpIFqfdoh_ZYrRObN2bowXd7-KzugZ0WMLEfmhg/s320/RTW_first+006.jpg)
I think it should be relatively easy to copy. I've made (with a pattern) one dress with a bodice that crosses over like this, but it had one big triangular piece for each side (shaped with darts) - whereas this bodice has more shape built-in with two pieces per side. There is also a dart on each side of the skirt front that lines up with the seam in the bodice pieces.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiepyLi-JGV6KtLE3lALs1aDZTscrvPO7GflaziPDB0WjQpp6OtT2r5UaNo7_-NVrsuw191UPtUTsGzkmLeqs1dV2YdpHI7um0S0uGARNKscNBKEKAtUo-PBND7Kb8UEMtyturO7M5gZdQ/s320/RTW_first+009.jpg)
The back has center darts to pull it in at the waist.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_xtIZE5V-oTjrmHgvFPjCevZ4xrxDy54lvDJNoHNvkSzcQvznhW6QQlUeUTZBpIXoMk0oaPuybBYz_cTdPKpzfT7AnT1IIGpECu8wRXUAt3Mxk9MfK5NztKbeSb6W9drXScGUGY3TpJs/s320/RTW_first+008.jpg)
Part of the success of this dress is the fabric - it is slightly heavy-weight with a bit of stretch. So the skirt, for example, keeps it shape moving gently outward from my waist, leaving it a bit ambiguous how much of that spread is in the pattern versus in my hips... ;)
I'm certainly not averse to using a pattern if anyone knows of one that is close to this outfit. However, I think this would be a reasonable project for a first attempt at copying RTW.
Truthfully, it's pretty low priority, but I'll get to it eventually. It's in my queue... ;)
4 comments:
Maybe by the time you get to it you won't need to lose 20 pounds anymore!
A very pretty dress, it looks versatile too, like you can dress it up, or wear it casually around town.
Oh--this would be a perfect opportunity to do some fabric painting. One half of the dress fabric could be embellished using fabric paint, stencils, foam blocks--lots of possibilities.
What fun!
Gorgeous dress! Loving the butterflies on it!! :)
Gemma x x
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