Golly it's here again, the season of festivus. During a recent sale at Lincraft I was picking up some bargains and waiting in line for my purchase when it occurred to me it would be a good time to look at fabric for a Christmas party frock. Plus with 40% off it was a perfect time to buy. There was really no competition when I saw this funky gold and silver check fabric. For some reason it put me in mind to try making another Cambie. I had a vision for the contrasting fabric and it all came together.
Initially I thought about the full skirt version of the Cambie. The Cambie is quite an easy dress to make, just a number of different stages to get through, what with a waistband, fan sleeves and lining. My first Cambie was a festival of suck. The sizing was way too big and you could see the lining in the fan sleeve/straps. I had to re-do the lining and that was annoying. Couldn't do much about the sizing. It's wearable but disappointing.
I left a little shaping in the top of the bodice, but overall it's quite straight. As you can see I finished up the A-line skirt in the end. I did the full skirt and it look a tad ridiculous with the stiff fabric. Plus when I attached the skirt to the waistband I accidentally caught in some extra fabric so had to unpick anyways.
Quite happy with the end result. The photos don't really show the colours at their best. And I really need to straighten my camera on the tripod next time.
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