{"id":61266,"date":"2017-05-24T10:39:18","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T14:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=61266"},"modified":"2017-05-23T01:41:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T05:41:53","slug":"sew-tell-first-communion-building-block-dress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2017\/05\/sew-tell-first-communion-building-block-dress.html","title":{"rendered":"sew + tell: first communion building block dress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month Justine contributed to our Bento Tee Round-up<\/a>. Now she is here to share the First Communion dress she sewed for her daughter. Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Name:<\/strong> Justine
\nWhere can we find you on the internet?<\/strong> Blog<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, Pinterest<\/a><\/p>\n

Project details<\/strong>
\nLink to your project:<\/strong> First Communion Dress From the Building Block Dress Book Bodice<\/a>
\nPattern used:<\/strong> Building Block Dress<\/a>, Fairy Tale Dress<\/a>
\nFabric used:<\/strong> I used silk taffeta for the overskirt and underbodice. Alen\u00e7on lace for the overlay. I used a skirt cut out of a thrifted dress for the net underskirt.<\/p>\n

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How did the sewing go?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was quick to sew since I didn’t have to make an underskirt with lots of net and lining layers. I have a tutorial for how to make a faux overlay bodice on my blog. It’s a very simple technique. Here<\/a> it is.<\/p>\n

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The bodice is also from the Building Block Dress book but I added the darts from the the Fairytale Dress. I used silk binding on the neckline, following the tutorial in the Building Block Dress book. I shortened the sleeves as well.<\/p>\n

The overskirt was cut from one piece of 54 inch silk taffeta. I cut it from selvedge to selvedge then cut it in half and curved the front. It’s fully lined with silk from another project I had left over.<\/p>\n

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What was the best part?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I started the dress on Tuesday and was done on Friday so it was pretty quick compared to other special occasion dresses I’ve made in the past, some of which took a whole month to make! But best of all, Genevieve felt so special in her dress which was her design. It fit her long thin body perfectly too, most ready-to-wear dresses are short waisted on her, and she loved it!<\/p>\n

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Thanks Justine!<\/em><\/p>\n

And in case that wasn\u2019t enough of a fix for you, here are some other posts we had on the blog that you might be interested in:<\/p>\n