Christmas Dress

I've had the idea for this dress in my head for ages, and so a couple of months ago decided that I would actually get on and make it.  The fabric is a very fine woven wool which I found in a remnant bin for seven dollars when we went to America a couple of years ago.  It's gorgeously drapey, but annoyingly wasn't quite big enough for what I wanted to do, so as usual I went ahead and made it anyway, and with a bit of bidging and bodging it all worked out ok in the end.

The collar is made from a vintage men's shirt and the cotton has a lovely slubby-ness about it.  The ribbon adds a bit of detail to what would otherwise be a very plain dress and more importantly, hides the bits where I had to stitch extra panels on to make up for the lack of fabric.  (Several of the panels had to have extra bits sewn on at the bottom and the sleeves are made in two halves.)  It doesn't even show and I am rather pleased with myself for getting the whole dress out of about a metre and a half of fabric!  There are mere whisps of scraps leftover which is also nice.

This is also the most terrible photo of all time, sorry, better photos when I am in it - I think I will save its first outing for Christmas day, it's always nice to have a new dress for Christmas!