Thursday, November 23, 2023
Banana dress
I was shopping for some new sheets and came across a set of banana sheets that screamed I need to be made into a dress! And so I ended up buying a queen size set since I wasn’t sure how much fabric I would need for a dress or what the dress I wanted to make would look like. I had thought about making a maxi length but then decided a shorter length would be easier to wear. Even though I could have made this dress with the twin sheet set I was glad I got the queen because I also made myself some PJ pants and those are so much fun!
Once I opened the sheets up and checked the drap I decided I wanted a simple easy to wear dress and started looking through my patterns. Of course nothing seemed right. So I decided I needed to just improvise.
I knew I wanted a twirly skirt but not quite a full circle skirt and decided on making it a ¾ skirt, I figured I could attach it whatever bodice struck my fancy and chose a few from my pattern stash that might work finally I decided on McCall’s #4549. The only problem with this bodice is it's a short bodice but I liked the square neck and it's the only pattern I have with a square neck so I opted to lengthen the bodice.
I had done this before on this pattern when I made a dress for my sister last year. The dress I was making this time though didn’t exactly lend well to the lengthening of the bodice. The dress I made for my sister had a straight panel skirt that was gathered onto the bodice which worked really well on her dress but the ¾ skirt drapes differently plus I’m a little taller with a longer torso so attaching the ¾ skirt on this bodice looked awkward and I ended up staring at the dress hanging on me for a while before deciding the problem was it needed darts. It was amazing the transformation that adding the darts at the waist did for the drape of the dress. And of course I had to add some amazing pockets, because what dress is complete without pockets big enough to hold all the necessities! I think it would also be really cute to wear a crinoline so I will have to do that at some point. In the end I love this dress. It's so easy to wear and it feels casual and fun at the same time.
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