 | | 2016-01-31 11:22
From blog Sew Hopeful
Vintage Lace Dress & Changes
This dress is made from a "vintage" tablecloth. I remember buying it myself in the 1980s as a gift for my mother and rediscovered it a few months back in the back of the linen cupboard and thought it would be fun to play around with for a dress.
The bodice is a based on the Colette Patterns Peony but is my own bodice pattern with the Peony neckline, my modified Peony sleeve (forward shoulder adjustment) and McCalls 6706 skirt.
The skirt pattern was perfect is it is just a big rectangle so I could take advantage of the existing hem. The pleat positioning however is clever and includes built in darts and shaping so you get a lovely flared shape to the...
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