Thursday, June 27, 2013

Peekaboo Pattern Tour--The Vivienne Dress

I finished a dress! No... not the one I started ages ago (but that's on my list for this weekend...) but a new one from Peek-a-boo patterns. After finishing the swimsuit I'd made Amaani a few months ago; I was so impressed that I signed up to become a Peekaboo affiliate.

And I was absolutely thrilled to have a chance to become part of Peekaboo's summer pattern tour!

Peekaboo Pattern Tour--The Vivienne Dress turned into a summer dress! Plus a giveaway!

For my stop on the tour, I chose to take the Vivienne dress and summerize it-- just to show you all how versatile the pattern is. To transform the dress all I did the was following:

  • switch out the fabric from a satin to a summer cotton gauze
  • omit the lining and just serge and topstitch the armholes and neckline. The serging curves tutorial has tips on how to do that. 
  • Finally, I reduced the ruffles to just two at the bottom; instead of going up to the waistband. 
All the changes made the dress come together very fast on a Saturday morning. After it was done, I interrupted my daughter's blueberries and waffle breakfast to take some photos.
Peekaboo Pattern Tour--The Vivienne Dress turned into a summer dress! Plus a giveaway!

Looks pretty summery... right? The fabric is a gorgeous cotton gauze that I've been hoarding for over a year. It's nice and cool for our hot, hot summers and definitely got a vote of approval from Amaani.
Peekaboo Pattern Tour--The Vivienne Dress turned into a summer dress! Plus a giveaway!
I also decided to go ahead and embrace my daughters inner 'pinkilicious'... I topstitched the sash with rainbow pink serger thread... a bit too precious for my taste, but she went crazy for it.
Peekaboo Pattern Tour--The Vivienne Dress turned into a summer dress! Plus a giveaway!



See you all back here tomorrow for another Handmade Confession-- I'm especially excited for this one. It's from my friend Anshu at Blooms and Bugs. Can't wait!