Blue Vines

I’ve really enjoyed getting back into sewing. I got inspired by those batiks and dug into my stash as well – turns out I have enough fabric and ideas to last a while!

For this dress, I had to alter the pattern quite a bit. I had sewed a few dresses with it years ago, like in the early “aughts” (or is that “naughts” ?). The fact is those ones don’t fit me anymore so I traced the pieces onto new tissue paper and added a quarter inch there and half an inch there, to add up to an inch or so bigger all told. Before cutting into the unique (and more pricey) batiks I decided to do a “test dress” out of this blue viney fabric I had in my stash. It was the perfect yardage.

I’m very happy with how this came out. It will be nice to have a cool cotton dress to wear when it’s hot this summer. Next project: batik version.