Tag: Vogue_8460

The Hundred Dresses: Day 40

Erin8 Comments

Another Vogue 8460! This one is in Liberty Mauvey:
Liberty Mauvey Vogue 8460 front

Here it is in slightly better light:
Liberty Mauvey Vogue 8460 front 2

And close up:
Liberty Mauvey Vogue 8460 bodice

The shoulder, for a closer view of the print. I love that soft pink and the grayish-blue together:
Libery Mauvey Vogue 8460 shoulder

The zipper! There’s a bobble at the top:
Liberty Mauvey Vogue 8460 zipper

And the waist seam doesn’t QUITE match up:
Liberty Mauvey Vogue 8460 zipper closeup

Here’s the back:
Liberty Mauvey Vogue 8460 back 2

And the facing:
Liberty Mauvey Vogue 8460 back facing

A closer look at those bodice darts (they are so satisfying to sew, honestly):
Liberty Mauvey Vogue 8460 front darts

And the hem!
Liberty Mauvey Vogue 8460 hem

This dress pattern is definitely going into my regular rotation, but I’ve only made these three so far … what should I make it in next? I have plenty more shirting, and plenty more seersucker, and more dotted swiss than a nearly 42-year-old woman should reasonably have …

 

The Hundred Dresses: Day 39

Erin13 Comments

Another Vogue 8460! I bought this very cheerful fabric in Japan back in 2007:

sunflower Vogue 8460

I forgot to point out yesterday the really elegant double darts in the bodice front — they’re one of my favorite features of this pattern, even though they are slightly tricky to sew:

sunflower Vogue 8460 darts

Here’s the zipper — I’m very pleased with this one, as well:

Sunflower Vogue 8460 zipper

And the back:

sunflower Vogue 8460 back

You might have noticed that this dress is longer than yesterday’s, because, well, it is. The first time I wore yesterday’s dress I was biking, and the dress was slightly too long and got caught in the back wheel between the wheel and the fender, and the accumulated city crud on my fender left an ugly black smear. So I washed it and shortened it by about three inches, so that I wouldn’t worry about it getting caught on the bike. I think this one I will leave long, though, since it’s more of a dinner-out dress than a “hop on my bike” dress.

What fabrics would you make this dress in?

The Hundred Dresses: Day 38

Erin14 Comments

This is a totally new pattern! Well, new as in “I haven’t sewn it before/posted it before” not new as in “produced in this century.”

This is Vogue 8460, and I lurrrrrrve it:

Vogue 8460

(sorry for the fuzzy image, click on the pic to see it bigger)

I know on the pattern envelope it looks like a party dress, but I have enough party dresses … Here’s what I made with it, shown with belt (purchased):

stripe Vogue 8460 with belt

This is a nice shirting fabric I bought online sometime last year. Here it is sans belt:
stripe Vogue 8460 front 2

Of course, the pleasure in this dress is in matching those rainbow stripes!
stripe Vogue 8460 front stripes

They don’t match at the waistline, but that’s okay, the chevron effect on the skirt is what I was going for:
stripe Vogue 8460 front waist seam

This zipper? This is probably the best zipper I’ve made in AGES. B+!
stripe Vogue 8460 zipper

And the back stripe matchup:
stripe Vogue 8460 stripe matching

I hemmed it with bright vintage hem facing, which I love. It’s getting harder and harder to find bright hem facing these days. (Also, I’m going to fewer yard sales.)
stripe Vogue 8460 hem facing

The shoulder stripes … you can see the facing rolling a little there, I probably should have understitched it:

stripe Vogue 8460 shoulder

Here’s a glimpse of the neckline facing. I zigzag finish my facings on the inside (and I also didn’t press this one very well):
stripe Vogue 8460 facing

And the back (the skirt’s not properly positioned in this one, sorry!):
stripe Vogue 8460 back

I’ve made this pattern twice more since this one, and I really love it. It’s super-simple to wear (and yes there are pockets in all these dresses)!