I am a huge fan of the series New Girl, and especially of the style of Jess Day, the main character. The story is like this: young woman discovers her boyfriend with another girl, and goes living with 3 guys in a loft. She is quirky/adorkable, and I love her style. She mostly wears full, pleated skirts, stripey shirts, black tights with ballerina flats in contrasting colours, or dresses with a tight body and wide skirts (also called skater dresses or fit and flare dresses). For a better understanding you can take a look at this website:) Not all of what she's wearing I can wear. I've been analysing my colour type lately and I think I am definitely an autumn, which Jess (Zooey Dechanel) definitely is not. She looks fabulous in bright red and fuchsia, and I don't. Must have something to do with my reddish hair colour and freckles. Navy and black, which she also wears often, are another story. Because I have a pretty straight figure, I think my waist could use some more defining, which is accomplished with the Jess Dress, as I will call it. So, on to the sewing machine! ( Laurel no. 2 will have to wait for a bit:))
I was inspired by the Dulcie Dress faketorial and this lace example of Cation Designs. She made it look so easy to attach a ruffled skirt to an existing bodice, that I immediately starting looking for a bodice pattern and a piece of fabric in the stash. At first I tried to draft a bodice with this Burda style tute, but failed hopelessly in doing so. There must be something wrong with some of the standard calculations (e.g. 'draw a line 1.5 cm from line CD') when using them in small persons, because the arm hole was only 3 cm wide... Then I found a pattern in an old Burda magazine, and didn't want to lose more time so I just started. I only had a white 40 cm invisible zipper which I put on the side, to discover later that my head didn't fit through the
collar... I solved this by making it slightly wider. I finished the armholes and neckline with bias binding, folded to the inside and sewn in with invisible stitches. The skirt is actually too short for hemming (fabric was about a yard/meter), I am thinking about adding a band of black fabric with a different texture. Not sure yet. I HAVE to go to a fabric store soonish.
This was only my muslin, now thinking of making a lace one, in taupe or teal.... :)
collar... I solved this by making it slightly wider. I finished the armholes and neckline with bias binding, folded to the inside and sewn in with invisible stitches. The skirt is actually too short for hemming (fabric was about a yard/meter), I am thinking about adding a band of black fabric with a different texture. Not sure yet. I HAVE to go to a fabric store soonish.
This was only my muslin, now thinking of making a lace one, in taupe or teal.... :)