{"id":70153,"date":"2019-07-31T08:42:02","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T12:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=70153"},"modified":"2019-06-28T03:28:42","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T07:28:42","slug":"liesls-almost-dress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2019\/07\/liesls-almost-dress.html","title":{"rendered":"liesl’s almost dress"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is one of those projects where the fabric completely dictated the project.<\/p>\n

\"Liesl's<\/a><\/p>\n

I picked up this Kokka Brush Paint fabric at a show in London from one of my favorite fabric retailers, The Draper’s Daughter<\/a>. (Sadly, it looks like they’re out of stock at the time I wrote this post. At Nunoya<\/a> as well.) I had no idea what to make with this linen\/cotton canvas, so I bought a couple of yards. It’s been sitting in my stash, waiting for inspiration. One day I was lying in bed looking at it (one of the only advantages of storing your fabric stash in your bedroom, let me tell you), and I suddenly knew what to do with it! A SoHo Skirt<\/a> and matching Breezy Blouse<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Now usually I wouldn’t choose such a heavy fabric for the Breezy Blouse, but in this case I think the fabric is light enough that it works. The goal was to get a nearly-continuous wash of color that falls off at the hem of the skirt where the brushstrokes end in an uneven selvedge, so I rotated all the pieces and cut them with the weft instead of the warp. However, I didn’t have quite enough fabric! I had enough for the skirt, no problem, but the fabric wasn’t quite wide enough to fit the bodice.<\/p>\n

So I pieced it. And I topstitched the seam to make it look intentional. Which it was, in the end. Right?<\/p>\n

\"Liesl's<\/a><\/p>\n

It looks like a yoke on this blouse. Of course I would have preferred not to add the seam, but I’ve decided it’s a design detail here. Which is sort of fitting, given the rustic, workwear nature of the fabric itself. It reminds me of denim, so the piecing and topstitching are appropriate.<\/p>\n

\"Liesl's<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ve already worn these two pieces several times. They make great separates as well as an “Almost Dress,” as I’m going to call it now. Definition of an Almost Dress: two items of clothing that can be worn together, giving the appearance of a dress.\u00a0 Several of you have sewn Almost Dresses using a variety of our patterns. It’s a nice way to give extra versatility to your clothing, I think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Liesl shares a Breezy Blouse and SoHo Skirt sew sewed from an interesting fabric to make an “Almost Dress.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":70156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[20810,20759],"class_list":["post-70153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-breezy-blouse","tag-soho-shorts-and-skirt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BlogPhoto06.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-ifv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69579,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2019\/05\/three-breezy-blouses.html","url_meta":{"origin":70153,"position":0},"title":"three breezy blouses","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"May 13, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Liesl shares three different Breezy Blouses she has made for herself to demonstrate how the pattern sews up with different types of fabric.","rel":"","context":"In "general post"","block_context":{"text":"general post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/list\/general"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/breezy-feature.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":69470,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2019\/04\/breezy-blouse-with-piping-details.html","url_meta":{"origin":70153,"position":1},"title":"breezy blouse with piping details","author":"Rachel Le Grand","date":"April 25, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Camelia joins us today to share a Liesl + Co. 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