Combined the No. 2-2019 Dress with a unfinished blouse I’m working on, just to see how it looks – and I like it! What do you think? It’s really a splash of color right there!

Since the No. 1-2019 slot became available here earlier on, I decided to use that name for this blouse now, including it as the yers first garment (allthogh it will become Finished the second). Sometimes things just end up where they want to be by themself’s right?

Back to the Work Room.

So let’s take a look at this blouse! Let’s do it together – tomorrow. Okay? See you there! Good night!

With the belt, all the fabric in the back seems more controlled. And the full lower part together with the more wasp-like waist really reminds me of a 1950’s look here.

It’s interesting how small adjustments can give a compleatly new look with just the same garment. Right?

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Let’s try to put it together with another garment, and see how that looks!

A belt! Made it of the same fabric as the dress itself, cut on bias for elasticity. Gives a more hourglass-like figure. Adjustable of course – just tie it as you like it.

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Let’s see the back!

So here’s the back of the No. 2-2019 Summer Silk Dress! A lot of ease and movement and almost no restrictions.

My choise of stripe-matching can also clearly be seen. Do you like it? Let me know.

Back to the Work Room.

I think I’ll try to make a belt to the dress, just to see if I can get a few more looks out of this dress. Let’s try it!

Here’s the secret closure! The self-fabric strip holds the dress securely together, but at the same time allows movement and adjustability. I like that. Functionality.

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I think I will add a belt to the dress tomorrow… Just to get some additional looks… See you there!

There! Wrap Dress #2-2019 finally finished! Yes! Loose ‘n’ free for summer – made in silk.

With a hook at the top to keep it together, and a hidden tie-band (self-fabric ribbon) underneath at the side to keep the dress closed and secure.

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You can see the hidden closure on the next image.

Having cut the sleeves on bias – diagonal thread direction – gives them a much softer look and feel, and also gives me a richer opportunity to manipulate them into a good match with the rest of the dress’ overall pattern.

Allthough not easy, I always find it interesting and stimulating to set sleeves on new designs – it’s just like solving puzzles, so many possibilities! I like that.

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Now it’s high time to finish up this dress! Let’s do it!

Here’s the upper back part of the dress – the yoke. And the very visible seam in the middle, at center back. As you can see, I have matched the stripes at this seam by flipping the left side to its reversed side of the fabric, and by doing so getting the stripes to match compleatly.

Underneath the yoke, you can clearly see the fabric’s natural flow from left to right, “transporting” it from one side to the other. Even though these stripes isn’t naturally mirrored at center back – as in the yoke, since there’s no seam there – I’ve still matched the stripes as well as I could visually.

Back to the Work Room.

Now let’s continue with the rest of the dress!

Cutting a fabric with stripes or plaids can always be a bit tricky, especially if the pattern isn’t “mirrored”, but instead transported to one side, left or right.

A nice little trick, if possible, is to flip the fabric over at selected extra visible areas. Here I choosed to do so at the yoke’s center back seam.

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Time to make the yoke! And start patching it all together.

Re-made the drape from earlier on with a little bit of pattern-making, to remove some of the width at the hem. I made a yoke and some shirring up against it with a cut from above down to the bust point.

I also “renamed” this new design No. 2-2019 due to the alternations. So that’s what we’ll call it from now on. Sorry for the confusion. But I hope it all will work out in the end.

Back to the Work Room.

Time to cut the fabric! Let’s do this!