DEEPBLUE DRESS WITH PLUNGING NECKLINE

I haven't made a new dress ;-) I've actually made the blue dress this winter. But currently I've been wearing it during MeMadeMay2016.
I love the blue jersey fabric it's made of and I also like the pattern very much. Though I must admit that this is no pattern and dress for bad days - or big lunches as it tends to showcase every little unevenness of your bodyshape. :-) You can experience this very well if you try taking pictures for your blog in it. ;-)

The pattern is Vogue1250 by Donna Karan. It's really quite lovely with pleats at the shoulders to accentuate the neckline.
The pattern emphasizes the shoulders. So if you have rather straight shoulders like me adapting the shoulder seams to less width or even short sleeves (which I did not do) would be an option. Next time I make up the pattern I'll go for narrower shoulder pieces.

I made a size 10 and it fits perfectly. The dress goes together quickly and easily and is a total pleasure to wear (except for the circumstances I mentioned above :-)). Also you don't need much fabric (only 1.2 metres for sizes 6 to 14).
This means the dress is a win for the wardobe of every woman on a good day ;-).

other details: 

sandals  -  mustang

sunglasses - more&more

SHEER LITTLE FLOWER NUMBER / HALBTRANSARENTES ORGANZAKLEID

I can't believe I haven't written a post in over two months! So it really fits well to post about this dress today since it's been almost one year since I've made it. I originally started it around Christmas as a sort of muslin for the dress I actually wanted to sew. I thought the fabric to be too curtainy and shimmering for my liking. Then I changed my mind! Which seems to happen quite frequently and even more often when my sewing is concerned.
So, I started liking the fabric and decided to finish the dress as prettily as possible - it wasn't really possible to do that completely because I had to change the fit more than a little bit. And in one or two places I had to compromise, but I'm still happy with the outcome. The next picture is a bit blurred because I'm trying to twirl - although there's no big reason for that in this dress.

Hallo zusammen, da ich heute beim Me Made Mittwoch teilnehmen will, ist dieser Post zweisprachig obwohl ich sonst nur auf englisch poste. Alle die gern englisch lesen haben es etwas ausführlicher, aber die Anderen bekommen zumindest auch ein bisschen Text ;-).

Another thing I can't believe is that I haven't managed to wear it at least once it in all this time!!!
First the corresponding slip was missing. And it's sheer enough that I wouldn't ever wear it without one.
Then when the slip was made there was no occasion. No birthdays, dinners or anything since the middle of August. And then no time to make up an occasion. Uh oh ...and then it got cold again - naturally.
So finally I'm desperate enough to wear it anyway - at least for some pictures in the freezing wind outside. Or.... ahem better not outside. You can't see it in the fotos but I had a sneezing fit while taking them indoors. I probably would have died of acute sneezing spasms outside, haha ...
And here is it - tadaa - the first outing!

Ich kann kaum glauben, dass ich seit zwei Monaten rein gar nichts geschrieben habe - genäht habe ich aber schon, deswegen bin ich jetzt schwer im Verzug. 
Da passt dieses Kleid sehr gut, da es auch höchste Zeit ist, dass ich es endlich mal anziehe, es ist nämlich schon ein Jahr alt und noch völlig ungetragen.
Und hier nun der erste Auftritt.

I'm sorry that the quality of some pictures is rather poor. But as you know the light can be bad indoors especially when there is no sun :-(
The fabric was a scrap from the sales table at our local fabric store. And I'm not sure if it was designed for clothing because it has a rather stiff quality and is also a bit scratchy at the edges. It would probably also make an eccelent curtain ;-). Because of the scratchiness I had to hide away all raw edges on the inside. So most are french seams or bound with a hong kong finish.

Leider sind manche Bilder von eher schlechter Qualität wegen des schlechten Lichts drinnen. Aber ich hab schon drinnen in dem dünnen Kleidchen einen Niesanfall bekommen, draußen wäre ich wohl erfroren.
Mein Stoff ist ein organzaartiges Gewebe von Restetisch, das auch als Gardine bestimmt gewesen sein könnte. Eigentlich sollte es auch nur ein Muster werden, aber dann hat mir der Stoff doch trotz anfänglich arger Zweifel gut gefallen und es wurde ein fertiges Kleid draus. Der Stoff ist an den Rändern ziemlich kratzig, so dass ich alle Katen komplett mit Stoff einfassen musste. Und damit ihr seht, wie hübsch das trotz einiger Kompromisse dann noch geworden ist, hier ein Bildchen.

The pattern is Mod.127 from Burda 12/2012 which is originally designed for knits. I should have chosen a bigger size than I did. I already cut out double seam allowances but it's still a bit tight around the shoulders. (I really shouldn't tell you that I simply assumed that it was for wovens until I had already cut out the pieces. Sounds too absent-minded, doesn't it?)

Mein Schnittmuster war Mod.127 aus der Burda vom Dezember 2012. Das ist eigentlich für Jerseystoffe, ich hab es aber (eher aus Versehen) für meinen Organzawebstoff verwendet. Die Nahtzugaben hatte ich Gott sei Dank breiter zugeschnitten, Puh! Es ist trotzdem etwas eng an den Schultern, aber passt sonst ganz gut.

 

As you can see it's also very short. My man thinks it's almost too short ;-)
The slip is the slipdress from Vogue 1217. And it fits nicely. I had to take in the upper side seams a bit but I'm still not very used to Vogue sizes.

Wie man sehen kann ist das Kleid sehr kurz. Mein Mann meint beinahe zu kurz ;-) Und da glaubt man immer Männer hätten es gerne kurz, aber sie können ja so konservativ sein. 
Das Unterkleid ist das vom Vogueschnitt 1217 oben. Es passt jezt sehr schön, musste aber an den oberen Seitennähten etwas enger gemacht werden.

Here's the dress on my lady, too, and I have to admit it might suit her better than me. Maybe I should give it to her as a present. Otherwise she'll be naked again half the time.

Und hier noch das neue Kleid an meiner Kleiderdame, der es fast besser steht als mir ;-). Ich sollte es ihr vielleicht schenken, damit sie nicht so oft nackig herumstehen muss.

Those of you who came from Me Made Mittwoch enjoy the beautiful creations of the others. Hope to see you again some time soon ;-)

Und für alle die vom Me Made Mittwoch gekommen sind, genießt die super Nähergebnisse der Anderen! Viel Spaß und noch einen schönen Mittwochabend!

CIAO ITALIA

Hallo! Heute zum ersten Mal mit bei RUMS und zwar mit englischsprachigem Post. Alle die das nicht so mögen dürfen gerne Bildchen gucken! 

I've wanted to do something new for a change or do things a little differently from my previous posts at least. Maybe I've been a bit bored with myself? ;-)
So today's theme is "Ciao Italia" - with summer being almost over and my breezy Mediteranean mood sure to vanish soon I thought I'd try to style myself as an Italian diva.
Maybe you're asking yourself why the heck I'm so obsessed with Italy? In case you've read my previous posts you might guess that it's because I've been sewing Italian - or from an Italian magazine. And of course I would love another holiday there sooo very much... though it will have to wait until next year - a bad case of holiday longing...
My dress is from "La mia Boutique" again. The second dress from it now which is olive coloured and reminiding me of ... guess what? Italy!

 
I made the dress from an olive green crepe georgette which was formely dedicated to the making up of Vogue V1387 by Rebecca Taylor. But somehow Vogue V1387 didn't make the race.
When I was just about to cut out the pattern pieces I was suddenly unsure if the wide shoulder yokes would suit me so it went back into my pattern stack. And I chose one of the patterns from "La mia Boutique" instead. It's dress 7 from the July 2015 issue.

Now the olive georgette's become a heavenly soft and light dress. And enter la donna con abito molto bellissima :-)
 
Some questions singnora:
Do you love wearing it?    Yes, of course, can't you see that. 
How does it feel?               It's light like a feather and caresses the skin.
Do I think it has Italian flair?    Naturally, since it was designed in Italy.
Would I make it again?    ....Hmm, let me think about that.
What are the reasons you would or wouldn't make it again?   That is a complicated story....

When I started of sewing I didn't imagine the georgette to be such a sensitive thing. It turned out that no seam could be unpicked without destroying the fabric. So everything had to be right at the first go. Also the fabric is rather sheer, so I had to use french seams for all the inner seams. And third the instructions were a bit of a problem. I can't say they were bad because I don't read Italian ;-) So I had to work with no instructions to speak of. This was a bit tricky when I had to puzzle out the sequence of sewing steps when constructiong the bodice. But as you can tell by now it worked out. Although I'm not one hundred percent sure if my bodice is exactly what the intended bodice should be like with the tunnels for the ties and the shoulder yokes. But I'm proud it worked all out. :-)
I also made a white slip dress to go under the olive dress. I made it from white viscose satin. This means that it's visible under the sheer fabric. That's not really bad but I think I will make a second one in a green rayon fabric that's somewhere in my stack. The reason I made a white one at first is that I also intend to wear it with another sheer dress (white floral) which I hope to blog about soon.
I'd like to show you a few more pictures. You can see that the fabric is varyingly transparent depending on the light. As you can see my dress is gathered with an elastic in the front and tied with straps in the back - and also around the bodice (which you can see in the above pictures).

 

And now my dear audience I'm tired and it's enough for today. And exit la signora. She's quite a snob isn't she but I hope you don't mind I invited her to visit my blog today?! ;-)
She allowed me to take some more pictures as a parting gift and told me to affectionately greet all readers. :-)

Und für alle die ganz brav bis zum Ende dieses englischen Posts durchgehalten haben hier der backlink zu RUMS. Danke für's Englischlesen!

Other details:
watch - Tissot
heartshaped red foam coral earrings - handcrafted by local designer, gift from my husband
sandals - Luzzi