When Freya was in hospital I kept in touch with sewing by reading many, many blogs and spending far to much time on Pinterest. The Willow and Co pattern collection soon became something I was looking forward to being able to sew. This Fawn Lily dress has been the first thing I've been able to do so far.
This is a great pattern with lots of different options. You can have a gathered, plain or pleated skirt. A button yoke or a nice crossover notion free version and different length options. You can also include pockets! I first went for the crossover yoke with a plain skirt with a dress length.
I'd actually bought this fabric ages ago with another project in mind but decided to use it for this instead. I added red piping and the red sleeves but otherwise kept it fairly simple. I really like this dress and I don't think I've seen anything like it in the shops.
It sews together pretty well. The instructions are clear. I found sewing the sleeves a little tricky as you have to roll the dress up and sew the arm seam around it and then pull it through. I was glad I have used the same method when making the washi dress with lining, as that made it a bit easier. Although having used all that piping I had to wrestle it a little and I was so nervous about sewing over the dress.
The only nitpicking thing I have to say too is that the yoke pattern pieces are nested together pretty closely making it a little tricky when I was tracing the pattern. I didn't have any coloured ink but I'm wondering if this is a pattern where it may be worth printing in colour. Having said that I traced over the size 2 in a colour first and that made it a it easier.
The dress looks great. It has a nice vintage feel with the fabric but I think the style is quite modern. I've already started sewing my next one.
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