2018 Dress a Month Sewalong #9 Self-Drafted Skimmer

This may be the simple summer dress pattern that I was looking for--a skimmer with no horizontal seamlines so that interesting fabrics could be showcased. I gave the Lodo Dress a try last month with this purpose in mind but, on me, I like this one even better.

I self-drafted the pattern, using a favorite Kaari Blue dress from last summer as a base. I like the fit and the swingy skirt a lot.

Digging into my knit fabrics stash I came up with an ancient piece, a lightweight knit from mystery fabric land. It worked out great.

Front views:

Back view

The neckline is bound with solid black knit using Sarah Veblen's never-fail technique for applying knit neckline bindings.

The hem is finished with a coverstitch machine and the armholes are serged, turned, and topstitched.

It is a close to a badda-bing type of dress I have ever made: Cut, sew the shoulder seams (reinforced with clear elastic), side and center back seams; add a binding to the neckline; serge, turn and topstitch the armholes; and coverhem-stitch the hem. It doesn't get much faster or easier.

I think I've found the pattern for a fabric that I've been holding on to for a while now. Maybe that will be my next sew, but maybe not, since I'm sidling up to kimono-jacket-making for myself and my daughter, what with so many versions out there now. More on that next time.