Season’s greetings to all. I hope you are all enjoying Christmas Day. I am thoroughly bushed and looking forward to bedtime. We have just finished bedtime for the kids and they were so tired that they fell asleep while stories were still being read – a rare occurrence.
I thought I may have time to share a quick post on my little red dress that I wore for today. Its a dress made for The Little Red Dress Challenge which was created by RunningNStyle. Basically anyone who wanted to could make a red dress for the festive season. This challenge fitted in with my plans so I took it up.
I rather ran out of time and decided to use a Lekala pattern as I know I dont need to make a toile. The pattern I chose was Lekala 4437. Here is the line drawing
I bought the fabric from B&M Fabrics during SewUpNorth. Its a stretch fabric that is just slightly lighter in weight than ponte. Its almost got the look of kids polo shirts , you know , the ones for school. Since it has stretch I omitted the zip. I sewed it all up on the overlocker except for attaching the collar facing. The collar facing is interfaced (I used normal interfacing) – though in future I will use a heavier weight interfacing to give the collar more structure.
I wore it all day today until after our huge festive dinner where I indulged to the extent that I looked nearly 5 months pregnant :-). Constructionwise – it does have a lot of curved seams but I didnt struggle with these. Everything lined up beautifully.
I am keen to try this pattern again with more time to work on making the collar better and I want to make it in a woven fabric. The collar is the feature I liked the most about this dress. Its a dress that looks good on me but I know it could be much better sewn. The instructions were really quite good on this pattern as well.
Needless to say Mr SNS really likes this dress as well which is always a bonus :-)!
Thank you so much for stopping by my little corner of the interwebs. I appreciate you. Until next time – Happy Sewing!
Peace and love,
Hila
Happy Christmas Hila, really enjoy your posts and lovely red dress.
Xxx
J
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Thanks J. Happy New Year.x
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Happy Christmas to you and your lovely family! Fab Christmas frock!
I eyed this pattern up in the summer with the thought of making it as a dress for golf – we have to have a collar you see and this style would be perfect. I’m even more tempted after seeing if made up. I’ll have to pick your brains about fabric choice when i see you next 😀
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This would be perfect for golf. Its got a sporty feel to it. Lekala have a sale on right now. I will be getting in touch in the next 2 weeks so we can arrange that sewing date. Happy New Year!
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Merry Christmas to you and your family. What a lovey Christmas dress. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you! Happy New Year!
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That is a GORGEOUS little dress! What sort of interfacing did you use? I’m currently a big fan of relatively pricey woven fusible… for tricksy collars that really need some oomph, I’m also getting very fond of removable collar wires, as used in Edwardian high collar dresses. They are very very lightweight, fine spirals that you just tuck inside, and baste in place, removing for washing so they don’t get mangled. THey are not uncomfortable at all, and do the same job as those little collar stays in fancy men’s shirts. Available from Vena Cava
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I used the normal standard lightweight fusible interfacing. Thanks for the recommendations – I will be trying those out in the new year. Will let you know how I get on. Happy New Year. x
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Are these the ones? http://www.venacavadesign.co.uk/shop/home/815-zig-zag-wires-support-for-collars-and-cuffs.html
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That’s the ones
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Thanks. About how much do I need for one collar?
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You get pairs ina pack I think…1 pair should do it, you just put one wire in either side, they’re pre-cut
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Awesome! Thanks so much for your help. x
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Gorgeous dress and beautifully made.
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Thanks Dee.x
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Love your red dress! Makes me want to go out dancing as well. Great review. 🙂
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Thanks Erika!
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Very nice! How do you find time to do all you do??
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Thank you! I am lucky enough to have a sewing room and that makes a huge difference to productivity.
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I just checked on my Vena CAva account, the price is for individual wires, I just ordered a bunch of em. Should last forever though!
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How fun! I loved that you explained your whole process, from inception of your idea for the challenge through the execution and making and WEARING of the dress. Inspiring!
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Another gorgeous dress Hila. It looks perfect for a ‘smart’ day but with kids to attend to too.
(Sorry I’m late – playing catch up!)
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Thank you again! xx
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Wow Hila you look amazing! This dress is so gorgeous, and really interesting seam lines too. Stretch on Christmas Day is also very important.
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Thank you! And yes the stretch came in very handy indeed!
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