Ā Ā Ā Ā Happy Friday! I am excited to share a new knit dress that I wore two weekends in a row because I love how it turned out and I have no shame. I also wore it last week to a recent Charleston Bloggers Society event where I got to meet this little fella:His name is Lionel the hog and he has his own Twitter pageĀ .Ā I’m kind of obsessed with him.
But back to the dress. I was excited to get my hands on 2 yards of this beautiful Art Gallery Fabrics knit from Katarina Roccella’s Skopelos collection. If you follow me on Instagram you might remember that I actually bought thisĀ darker blue color way in knit and I boughtĀ the lighter blue in a light weight cotton because I couldn’t decide which I liked better. I have already made plans to use the other one forĀ another dress. Ā I guess when you know what you like, you know what you like. Ā For this dress I wanted to re create this beautiful knit dressĀ that I found online from Anthropologie:Ā AnthropologieĀ is my go-to inspiration for sewing projects. I love 99% of what they sellĀ and they have the mostĀ beautiful prints that are on trend with what some of my favoriteĀ Ā fabric designers are doing. And also because Anthro’sĀ prices can beĀ pretty steep, its nice to see what I can do for a little bit cheaper. To re-create his look, I used the same method as I did for this dress, using See Kate Sew’sĀ Penelope Peplum bodice pattern for the top and then a self drafted handkerchief hem skirt on the bottom. I used a white ponte de roma knit from Girl Charlee to create the contrast white cap sleeves, which in some of the photos makes it look like I am wearing a white t-shirt under my dress like aĀ fat kid at the pool but I promise you, in real life it looks much better.Ā Ā Oh you know, just casually making a wish on a dandelion like the 7 year old Ā girl that I am.Ā Here’s to hoping my dandelion wishes come true and a happy weekend to you all. See you next time.