2012 Tessuti Awards

About My Dress

Pattern Used:
My own design

Fabrics Used:
Tessuti Yuki Navy Cotton Spot - Tessuti Stripe Binding, Tessuti Lace Trim (used in hem), other trims include, fringe, crochet lace hand-dyed, blue and also orange binding,, and 70s inspired orange floral wide ribbon.

Time To Create:
15 hours give or take.

Dress Influenced By:
Definitely the 70s, an era renowned for gorgeous cotton dresses!
And France, particularly Paris and its attitude towards art, style and femininity.

Additional Information:
Many elements were added to this dress...so many 'additional extras'. I used very little interfacing because I wanted the cut of the dress to be shaped beautifully on the body without too much support. I also like the way cotton falls on its own. I hand-dyed the lace and tie in orange, and used some of the remaining orange lace trim that was around 0.7cm sandwiched in the top/bust edge of the bodice with fringe. As the dress skirt is unlined, I used binding for seams in contrasting colours.

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