Heyhey,
today the weather finally started to feel like end of april. 🙂 Sadly all that weather changes make my head hurt, but I am on a sewing roll nonetheless, so it will not stop me.
So I thought I show you how I made my faux suede/lace dress on monday.
Again I used the pattern of the color-blocking-dress
I pinned the middle to the down part and drew the outline onto another paper, then I did cut 6cm of the top of that new part
and that I added to the top-part
and draw on another paper and add 2times your seam allowance at the bottom
divide the skirt part into 4 similar wide strips
cut them and place them on a paper and split them open to them as much as you like it
my skirt part looks like this… sorry next time I take a thicker pen
then I did flare it a little more from the hip on, because I didnt wanted it to wide around my hips
then do the same with the front part
draw on paper
cut the top 6cm off
draw that strip on paper
and add 2times your seam allowance at the down end
divide the skirt into strips
put strips on paper
control its about the same as the back
and add a triangle from the hip down again
cut the sleeves, the back part and the front strip of lace
the other parts from the suede
pin the front parts together and the back parts and the sleeve seams and the shoulder dart. After that its the same as with this dress
I like the dress, but I if I do another one like it again I will put the strip in the front a little more down, since its going up my bust when moving. I am thinking of putting some fabric behind it, to feel more comfortable when wearing it. For the dress I definitely will wear another bra. 😉
keep sewing and smiling
your TailorFairy
TailorFairy 
I think you could move the lace to the top of the bust so that the solid part of the dress looks like a boob tube? Is that practical? (I don’t have any formal instruction with sewing, so I quite often attempt things ‘seamingly’ impossible!!)
I am sorry, but I am not sure if I know what you mean. You are talking about another version of this dress? You would like the top part above the chest also to be lace, so there was only a strip over the chest? Do I get that right?
You said you weren’t happy with the lace under the bust? This sort of shows what I described (just the lace above the bodice) https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTIjVn2fUcyJ4XKZ0TcKavltErsydTCqxGQQnpmnhwssoFciFMk8w
thanks for explaining, yeah that would work to. But I am only not happy with the lace under the bust because it is a little to high, so it moves up. Next time I place it a little more down:) but thank you for the idea!
I am so glad I found your blog – keep it up! Some questions: What type of paper is I looking for to make /copy patterns? Where are you originally from?
Thank you! I am glad you like my blog! I use paper table cloth, because its cheap and comes in big sizes. Packing paper works too, I just dont like that it is that stiff. Of course all that great stuff you can buy in the sewing store works fine, its just that I dont like the prizes. 😉 I am from Germany.
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Looks great, thanks for sharing!
glad you like it!
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