Stripes and fairy wings for me - Lekala 4261

So the Fairy wings pattern from summer Ottobre was a real hit and of course as soon as I find a new style for Eva I get intrigued by it of me. I found Lekala 4261 that is incredible close:

I still have a lot of free patterns won with weekly contest from Lekala so I got it ordered as soon as I realized is the same style as Eva's. The nice thing about moving with work downton is that I have a big copy shop on close walk distance and I could get a A0 print right away. It is only one page if you skip the 1st and last page that have nothing to do with the pattern.
   I thought it might be fun to play with some stripes and see it done in stripes. I had some colorful cotton batiste  that looked delicious, was really comfy to wear and it should have no pull if I doubled the ruffle.

   What I didn't take into account was how easily it shifts because it is so thin. And then the joy of matching stripes with a  shifting piece... I didn't hated a fabric this much while sewing since I worked with silk....
  The pattern repeat was quite big and the stripes uneven so it took me a while to decide on the fabric placements.

  I pieced the front:

  And cut the back on bias. I realized kind of late I will not have enough fabric for back pieces so I pieced the back as well:

This is the result. I find it kind of cute but the fabric might be a bit to thin for it. I am tempted to give it a second try.

Sewing 109 - Shopping 93.

Roses and polka dots - Butterick 5980 spiced up with Vogue 1542

When polka dots and stripes contest was getting close I was looking for some fun fabric to work with and I found this really fun polka dots fabric:

The black and white always looks good and just a little fun with those roses and color reverse border. The fabric was 100% cotton with zero stretch and not the best drape so it was a bit challenging deciding on a pattern to go with. But then I remembered Butterick 5980. I think this pattern will work with any fabric and it looks so so cute in all versions I made before:

I was a bit worried about how those roses will break in so many seams but I think I managed to do OK.

I remembered that for my sister in law wedding I compared this dress straps with the ones from the wedding dress : Vogue 1542:

I found out that the 2 straps are pretty close in length and width so I thought it might me fun to use the Vogue ones this time and maybe the neckline embellishment idea as well. I played around with petals and vines variants and I am not sure I found the perfect one in the end but is still so cute:

 I decided the lighter version looks better but I could not resist mixing 2 black vines as well:

 Did I picked well? Should I have made them shorter and mabe leave some open ends on the flower side as well. Maybe... I might try this again and hopefully do better :).

  On previous versions of this dress I put lining and tulle underskirt under this dress and I was ready to do that again as it gives a nice fullness to the dress but this fabric was so light and breathable that I just added a self drafted facings to the neckline and let it simple.
  I added a ruffle trim to the hem that I think it goes great with this dress.
  As was expected Eva looked really good in it and was happy with it:

After looking at the photos and  reading reviews of the vogue pattern a few more times I redid the vines positioning shortening them to one side and making them curl on the flower side as well:

I am still in shopping frenzy - 6 new fabrics since yesterday ... Sewing 108 - Shopping 93.