Lottie Dress
If you follow a few sewing bloggers who use indie designer patterns, you might have heard a sewing pattern maker/designer, Christine Haynes. She's the designer of Emery Dress, a very popular fit and flare dress pattern with sleeves (I have a copy too! Read my Emery dress posts.)
When she made an announcement that her patterns would be in PDFs only in the future, I was able to snatch one of the last copies of Lottie Dress! (Update* Some of the printed copies are back on her online store!)
The pattern description says:
"The Lottie Dress and Shirt are loose fitting wardrobe staples with three sleeve and three length options for 18 mix and match combinations.
All three views pull over the head without the need for closures, making it a great project for a new sewer, or a fast sew for someone more experienced."
This is totally my kind of pattern! Easy to make, comfortable to wear.
I had this beautiful fabric that I purchased when I was in Vancouver last year. The fabric had sort of like a panel print that I didn't want to break up by too many seams and darts. So simple and clean pattern like Lottie seemed like a good match to show case the print!
This fabric got a bit of retro vibes which I love, perhaps because of the floral pattern and the colour.
I made a long sleeve version this time. I really like patterns that have lots of sleeve options. Even without the long sleeve expansion, the short sleeves aren't too short for those who doesn't like showing upper arms (me). I'm already planning on making a summery maxi dress with short sleeves.
If you've been following along my sewing journey, you know how much I don't like pattern (print) matching! So you'd be very proud to see I did my best to pattern match the pockets! I think It went pretty well.
I think this pattern will get used a lot in the future!
Jan 31, 2018
