An Evening Cambie


You would think that one evening type dress for the month would be challenge enough, but alas no, my husband and I had a black tie event to attend on the same night as Courteney's ball.  Aside from the pre ball party embarrassment when we were the only adults in formal attire, it actually worked out really well for family photographs.  It did however mean sewing pressure to get both projects finished in the allotted time.  Because of time constraints my dress needed to be simple in order to actually get the project completed.  I was fully aware also, that the weather would be cold despite the indoor venue.  Adequate coverage would be a necessity.  After flicking through my patterns, I kept coming back to the Sewaholic Cambie.  My vision was a Cambie top with a pencil skirt.  I knew it was doable.  





The fabric I chose was a red stretch taffeta shot with blue with a matching crushed organza in red also shot with blue.  The organza was originally intended as part of Courteney's dress but as the dress was conceived we realised that the organza would not play a part.  It turns out that the decision was quite serendipitous.


The top on this dress fits without alteration which is a huge bonus so it was quite quick to construct.  The skirt pattern I chose was my pencil skirt drafted from Vogue 1247.  I made the waistband also in the contrasting organza fabric and fully lined the entire dress.


The dress was really comfortable to wear, even on the most miserable of nights weather wise.  It just goes to show that you should never right off day wear patterns as night wear.  This dress will be my new go to dress for evening wear.  Now all I need is another soiree invite so I can wear my new favourite dress.

So, this spells the end of Indie Pattern month.  I managed 3 Indie patterns if you count my Tessuti pin striped pants.  There is one more, but this will have to be posted in July.

Comments

  1. Oh that's a lovely 'dress' and the two fabrics compliment each other beautifully. It really suits you and looks very classic. It looks like you and your daughter are the same size. I wonder if any stalking of each others' wardrobes ever takes place!

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    1. Thank you! Surprisingly enough not a lot of wardrobe stalking takes place. My daughter and I are the same rtw size but very different shapes. She is mostly a hoody and jeans or shorts girl but there has been one particular item of clothing that I have been pilfering off her lately and that has become the basis of my latest project.

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  2. Oh wow! How gorgeous you look - as well as how gorgeous your daughter looks! I'm very impressed with your sewing two such lovely evening frocks for the same evening! Love them both.

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    1. Thank you! I did need a break after all of this effort!

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  3. Beautiful Dress, the colour is lovely. Impressed that you managed both these dresses as well as other projects in just one month.

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    1. Thank you. It is amazing what you can achieve when you are motivated :)

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  4. Both dresses are lovely, what a marathon effort! How clever of you to pick such nicely blending fabrics. You both look terrific.

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  5. Your dress turned out lovely! The fabric is amaaaaaazing. And I agree with the day-to-evening wear--I used the top of this same pattern for my wedding dress! Though I needed to modify the fit quite a bit more.

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