Five years ago if you'd asked my parents if they'd ever be grandparents or one of their kids would get married, they would probably have laughed Or hopefully have said, "well we've got a grandkitten". Then a crazy thing happened in 2015, my parents became grandparents for the first time. At the time people asked if I thought my brother and his partner would get married, to which I replied naaah. But 2 weeks ago they tied the knot. I've been to quite a few weddings over the years, but given I'm now well into my 40's you don't go to too many and quite a different thing to be at a family wedding. So hard to decide on a pattern to make. I originally started with a Vogue pattern, which did not turn out to be wedding worthy. I also had in mind one of 50's patterns, however McCall's 5137 is probably my most favourite make. Ironically my original creation was for a friend's wedding about 8 years ago.
Soooo, I breathed a huge sigh of relief when I finished this frock and turned out perfectly. I bought the fabric on line at Darn Cheap Fabrics and amazingly it was on sale for only $9 a metre. It's a cotton linen blend. The crush factor isn't too bad. I just loved the palm leaves. And red is definitely my go to flattering colour.
I really wanted to use some rick-er-rack to emphasise all the panels. I did try a grey embroidery stitch, but I was unable to get a clear enough picture to show it as it's quite subtle.
Always a plus, it's such a comfy dress to wear. And no buttons or zips, hoorah. I also made my necklace and matching earrings.
There's a actually a bow tied at the back. But it gets lost camouflage style. This is a great dress to make especially if you use the contrasting panels and it is quite different than other patterns out there. It's not too complicated, there are just quite a few pieces to put together. And you can wear the tie at the front if you prefer. I would have only used a little under 3m for this, so all in all the dress cost me $27. A girl's got to be happy with that.
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