My First Dress

I recently made my first dress!

It looks pretty on camera, but trust me....

It is NOT too pretty up close, lol.

But I'm slowly getting there. At least it was successful enough to look good on camera, right? I count that as a win.

I used Nani Iro fabric - premium cotton gauze imported from Japan (which I got on sale, of course, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to afford the three yards I used for this dress). I chose this gorgeous magenta color under a field of beautiful white flowers because I knew it would pretty against my rose-tinted skin.

I actually made about six entire muslins before cutting my Nani Iro to make sure I did it exactly right. I drafted the bodice using a Youtube video uploaded by a beautiful Nigerian girl who showed her audience how to draft  a gorgeous milkmaid-style top. 

I used the remaining fabric I had to make a drapey skirt cut on the bias. I had still more remaining fabric which I could have easily used for the bow straps. But I instead decided to use the lettered selvage edges of my Nani Iro, simply because even the selvage edges look like little works of art. 💓

I know, I know, the whole thing looks gorgeous. But trust me, I'm strategically NOT showing you the back of the dress for a reason....

The zipper is so bad. So wonky, so visible. AND to make matters worse, the magenta zipper I purchased wasn't long enough so I had to use the extra brown zipper I had....

So yeah, here is my first dress. Here is to hoping the next one is better. 💔