Make me a dress!
May. 30th, 2023 03:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
totchipandaMe: I need to make tops!
Also me: (buys more dress patterns)
I loved the dress I made with the pockets, and was really comfortable all day (except towards the end, when the waistband area started to feel tight despite not being actually tight) both physically AND gender-ly. Probably because I was wearing bike shorts underneath to prevent chafing. The dress I wore to my friend's wedding was similarly comfortable, likely due to the yoga shorts. I just bought a whole pile of boxers, so hopefully that will help with the chafing issue (though the first pair decided to ride up, that wasn't fun)
So I bought two dress patterns, both on sale and both upon seeing other's makes on Instagram. One is True Bias' Lora dress, and the other is Chalk and Notch's Shay dress. I particularly liked Shay because it comes with cup sizes, and the pin tucked puff sleeves are adorable. I'm envisioning it in one of the fabrics I got from my friend last week (either the green dot, or the mint gingham), or one of the crinkle cottons (maybe without pin tucks). Lora I am picturing in... I'm not sure, actually. One of the local people was making it and I LOVED it right away. Maybe in the light green linen I purchased some years back. I'm sure I have SOMETHING appropriate.
Neither came with pockets, which is just cruel. I shall fix that. Lora might require patch pockets, but we'll see.
Also me: (buys more dress patterns)
I loved the dress I made with the pockets, and was really comfortable all day (except towards the end, when the waistband area started to feel tight despite not being actually tight) both physically AND gender-ly. Probably because I was wearing bike shorts underneath to prevent chafing. The dress I wore to my friend's wedding was similarly comfortable, likely due to the yoga shorts. I just bought a whole pile of boxers, so hopefully that will help with the chafing issue (though the first pair decided to ride up, that wasn't fun)
So I bought two dress patterns, both on sale and both upon seeing other's makes on Instagram. One is True Bias' Lora dress, and the other is Chalk and Notch's Shay dress. I particularly liked Shay because it comes with cup sizes, and the pin tucked puff sleeves are adorable. I'm envisioning it in one of the fabrics I got from my friend last week (either the green dot, or the mint gingham), or one of the crinkle cottons (maybe without pin tucks). Lora I am picturing in... I'm not sure, actually. One of the local people was making it and I LOVED it right away. Maybe in the light green linen I purchased some years back. I'm sure I have SOMETHING appropriate.
Neither came with pockets, which is just cruel. I shall fix that. Lora might require patch pockets, but we'll see.
