Right! So I've been thinking lately about making three "uniform dresses" with pockets in Alabama Chanin cotton jersey that can be worn by themselves or over t-shirts and leggings, under cardigans, etc. And then I got this new "accessory" in May (which I'll explain in a sec) and couldn't get a red dress out of my head. To match, sort of—even though I hate it—but also, I love red and for some reason have none of it in my closet. So anyway, here's the first Factory Dress! It's single-layer medium-weight cotton jersey in Carmine, in a straight size medium, with hand-stitched seams (although I machine-stitched Eloflex within the SA afterward for extra stability). I used the punch cards from The Geometry of Hand-Sewing for the Cretan stitch around the neckline and armholes, which worked out great. Bad closeup of neckline: This was a really enjoyable make—I had fun with the combination of machine and hand-stitching. I might k
That is really cool how you got the different effects. That Tansy too. It's poke berry season and its popped up all around here. The berries are still green but getting ready to pick. I check on them every morning on my drive to work. But every time before they get ripe the darn city tears em out of the bushes they are growing up out of. Don't they know that is precious dye stuff, Dang it. So I may have to go into the wild to get some, LOL.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Man, I'd love to see how pokeberries dye up...post pictures if you get some!
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