new maxi dress

dress - halter maxi, burda magazine 06/2016/106

my favorite maxi dress at the moment!

probably only until i sew the next one

which is going to happen real soon

as i'm obsessed with maxis currently:

wanna make them in all shapes, colors and prints

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had a lot of issues with this dress

but not because of the pattern

but because of the fabric, that was insanely thin and shifty..

it's a rayon challis, lovely to wear and super soft

but a bit different from every other challis fabrics i sewed with

it's loosely woven and has a mind of it's own

so.. my dress ended up being slightly wonky

and not as symmetrical as i would like it to be

but i love it anyways

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dress is supposed to have quite a few more pattern pieces

but i eliminated them..

it comes with another 'bodice' underneath, 

that is boned and strapless 

but i decided i do not need that

it's a summer dress, halter bodice is lined with self fabric

that's a lot of fabric already, in hot belgrade summer,

i can live without few more layers of fabric and interfacing

(and not having to install boning is a plus too)

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did not use pattern for the skirt

as i did not have enough fabric

i just pleated one large rectangle of fabric free handedly 

and sewed it to the bodice

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