As fans of Colette patterns may recognize the dress is made from the Crepe pattern. If my memory serves me right I did not have to make any major alterations to the pattern. Everything went together smoothly.
I made it up in a salmon-colored linen with a contrasting white cotton eyelet fabric for the sash.
I chose the fabric because I was in love with the salmon color but in retrospect it was an awful choice for this dress. It's quite a heavy linen and creases like mad, which does not make for an elegant, festive dress to wear to a wedding. I know some people think the creasing of linen is part of its charm - but I strongly disagree.
Ironing this dress is a veritable nightmare. There is just too much unruly fabric to it, including the full lining in a light-weight cotton I made for it! Because the dress is such a pain to iron I have only worn it once since the wedding - but I am planning to make the effort of ironing it at least once or twice more this summer because I do really like the dress: the color, the pockets, the neckline, the sash. Sigh!
Maybe I should make myself another non-iron version? Or rip out the lining? Or be rebellious and wear it unironed? What do you think?
And here I'll also show you a photo of Mr. Naked Seamster looking as dapper as ever wearing his matching salmon-colored tie I made last minute for the occasion:
I used the Burdastyle Osman tie pattern. A lot of strange-looking pieces to tape together but really not that difficult to make.
