Deep Coral Sundress

Summertime means sundresses, and I am happy to show my latest one.

Sundress Photos:

Back view:The squares in the back are glass, purchased with a bead kit from A.G. Moore. It took me a long time to find a good match.

Back closeup:

Lining view:

Pattern Used:

Butterick 4974

Pattern photos:

Line Drawing:
Materials:

Fabrics:

High count cotton sateen from stash
Silk charmeuse from stash
Silk organza from stash

Square Links:
The square links I used for the back of the dress came out of a necklace bead kit that I purchased at A.G. Moore in Asheville, NC. I had to buy 3 kits to get the 3 links, but it was worth it because of the great match. A.G. Moore is like Michaels, also a craft store.

Thread: Mettler 100% polyester thread in sewing machine

MaxiLock 100% polyester thread in serger

Machine Needles:
Size 80 Universal


Machines:
Janome 6600 computerized sewing machine

Elna Pro 905 DCX computerized serger


Things I did with this project (that weren't in the pattern instructions):

I made two changes:
1. Silk organza underlining added to beef up the cotton and minimize wrinkling.
2. Center back skirt vent was changed to a lapped vent from the simple vent opening shown for the pattern.


Things I learned, or was reminded of in this project:

As Clotilde says, "Don't be a chicken clipper". I really had to clip the front princess seams much more than I normally would have to get them to lie smoothly. I thought that the combo of cotton sateen and silk organza would be forgiving, but I had to take control of those curves in a big way.

Things I would do differently, were I to make this dress again:
Nothing