Monday 29 April 2013

Amélie's Jump Rope Dress

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As part of Kids' Clothes Week I decided to make Amélie the Jump Rope Dress by Oliver + S. I bought the pattern as a download late last year and it has been sitting in my to-do pile ever since. There were lots of different fabrics in my stash that I would have loved to use for this dress, but it required more fabric than usual. Most things I have about 1m of, but I needed about 1.5m for this dress as the skirt is quite full.

Pocket

There are some awesome details in the dress. I love the pockets. I was initially thinking that navy or red buttons would be nice, but finally decided on pearl snaps. Pearl snaps may just be my "thing". I love the way they look and they do make getting clothes on and off much easier.

Sleeve tabs

I also love the little tabs that hold up the sleeve cuffs. For the pockets and the sleeve tabs, I just used a snap, the way you would use a stud - with just the female part on the back. They don't need to come undone.

Swing

The dress used about 1.5m of fabric, which is equivalent to six fat quarters.


SYST13 Running totals: in = 168, out = 44, total = +124

6 comments:

  1. Gorgeous Carmel! I love pearl snaps too.

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    1. Thank you, Toni-Maree. I've mostly been using them for shirts for my boys. They go with lots of things.

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  2. adorable! I love the fabric and the snaps. I have this pattern too but haven't tried it yet.

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    1. It's a great pattern. The Oliver + S patterns have lots of lovely details and come together nicely. Have you tried any others? You really should try the pattern, you won't regret it.

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  3. I love it! Where have I been - I have never seen the pearl snaps before and they are gorgeous!!! :)

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    1. Thank you, Margie. I got my pearl snaps from The Snap Store in the USA, and use them with my snap press, but I have seen them in Spotlight, from Birch.

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