So there it is. The Coco. I definitely have more variations of this dress and this top in my future. Do you have a favourite style of garment to wear? A favourite fabric?
I just knew this dress was going to be a win. I live for knit dresses. They allow me to look like I care a little bit while avoiding pants which are my nemesis. This is made using the Coco pattern from Tilly and the Buttons. This pattern has been out for awhile and I have admired a number of versions of it for some time. I had been debating ordering it online for awhile but hadn't gotten around to justifying ordering a pattern online when I have a lot already that I haven't made. We stopped by a Spool of Thread a month ago though and they had it in stock so I grabbed it without hesitation. I grabbed the fabric while killing some time before meeting friends for coffee and then sewed this up in less than 2 hours from start to finish on a day off. Pattern and Construction: This dress is made from a ponte di roma. I feel like I every time I see a dress on a blog made out of this fabric, I think, "that's it, the perfect fabric." It's obviously not the perfect fabric for everything but it is the perfect fabric for this dress. It's got the right amount of body to keep a bit of A line in the skirt as well as be thick enough not so show lumps and bumps of underwear and legging lines. It's also extremely comfortable as it's soft and has some stretch. This was my first time sewing with this fabric and it will not be my last. After sewing this up, I threw it over my head before hemming it and adding the cuffs to check fit. I was baffled by the collar which was huge and floppy. It took me a minute to realize that you are meant to fold the collar over in half to get the shape and structure needed. I definitely enjoy the 60's nod this gives the dress with the sleeve length and overall shape of the dress. It does make it hard to wear necklaces with it though. I took this photo of the sleeve because I'm not sure about the ease in them. They are a bit loose especially around the cuff. After looking at the pattern cover again though I realize that they are meant to be folded up so that they are more of a 60's inspired cuff. This makes more sense so I should probably just start doing that. I think if I made the long sleeve version without the cuff though I'd narrow the sleeve in general.
So there it is. The Coco. I definitely have more variations of this dress and this top in my future. Do you have a favourite style of garment to wear? A favourite fabric?
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Kerri
3/27/2015 03:42:53 am
This is an excellent dress, and you will be forgiven for it being leopard print. If it counts, my favourite garment is any shirt or sweater with animals on it. Specifically fierce ones
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