Back in January, when I was at
the Fabric Store,
Emma from Ernest Flagg and I both bought 1.2m of this fun lurex. It is quite sheer and has a very subtle sparkle to it which I failed to capture well in these photos. It was an impulse buy and not particularly well thought through as I don't often wear grey. I love it on other people it is just
not a colour that I love to wear (
sequins aside). But caught up in a moment of lurex, at the time I envisioned a little top to wear with jeans, but later decided that it might be fun to make into a dress.
Following on from my success with the
Saiph Tunic and knowing that this pattern (sans sleeves) requires, with a good width of fabric, only 1.2 metres I decided to make the Saiph up again. To my own detriment, it's not often that I make up a pattern more than once and certainly not in such quick succession, so it did feel weird to return so quickly to this one. Last time I made up the XS but this time I made up a straight XXS. It fixes the armscye problems of the last one without sacrificing the lovely trapeze look.The dress still slips around the shoulders a bit but no big deal.
Those big dots on the back of the fabric are in fact large raindrops that started to fall as I was taking these photos not imperfections with the fabric although there was a few on the fabric which I needed to be wary of as I cut. I lined it in a cheap dark navy slippery fabric which works a treat. Despite being able to slip it straight over my head I kept the back seam and added a self covered button at the top.
I wonder whether I should have made up the other version of this pattern with the straight bottom, but there is no point regretting my choice now. This is such a cute tunic that it might get a wear for a date night although I need to settle on the accessories. Not sure if these tights and shoes work 100%.
I wonder what Emma made with her fabric? Go
over and check out her make. I can't wait to see what she made! I've really liked doing this challenge. As for the
Saiph tunic, I'm done with it for now but it has definitely been fun!
