black&navy floral

dress - burda 08/2016/117

feeling a bit conflicted about my new dress

..

one the one hand, i really love how the dress turned out

i loved sewing it, and adding all the lace tape was fun

it's super comfy and i love how those two fabrics look together..

on the other hand, it's kind of not my style at all

and i feel a bit strange wearing it

as if i'm wearing a costume

..

i mean, i love me some boho looking dresses

and i've sewn quite a few of them, that i still love and wear..

but it's almost like i love that look in theory

more than i love it once i try to pull it off..

does that even make any sense?

  

dunno why the 'bust' tape looks so unsymmetrical in these  pics

i swear it's neat and symmetrical irl :)

(and i have an instagram photo to prove it)

anyways.. back to more technical stuff

i changed the sleeves, narrowed them quite a bit

because i did not have enough fabric for the original sleeves

but i actually like them now more than original ones..

also, i had no idea what i was supposed to do with pattern piece no12

i wasn't reading instructions before cutting fabric

so i cut that piece in black floral fabric

(it shouldn't be cut, but used later, when pleated panels are added to skirt

as a pattern for trimming i don't-know-what,

i wasn't actually planning to add those pleated parts, 

and burda instructions are rather strange sometimes)

so, when i finished the skirt, and it looked a bit too hi-lo for my taste

i simply added that piece no12 to skirt front

and it made the hem way more even

plus it added visual interest to skirt

and is not my favorite detail of the dress

..

and that would be it.. 

now i'm off to find me some gray shapeless sack to wear

and feel more like myself again 

..

mokosha