A certain someone who proclaimed this dress as being "boring"looks pretty pleased with herself in these photos!
This is the Laure Dress a new pattern by Straightgrain. I must admit a bit of a weakness of a dropped waist dress so this was an insta-buy when it was released. This is with the bow collar but there are also other options including a qipao collar that I'd like to try one day.
I ended up making a size 5, which is a very generous fit on my girl. She turns 5 soon and at the rate she's growing I wanted to do some future proofing. I had some great advice from people on Instagram regarding sizing but I figured I'd be happier with her growing into the dress, instead of growing out of it quickly. It's not as if she has a shortage of things to wear :)
As ever the pdf and pattern went together well. The cap sleeves were a little fiddly, but no more than any other sleeve. There was some great instructions for the invisible zipper, especially for the top. That's one area I'm never 100% happy with how it looks. I used some fabric I'd had in the stash for a while (I'm not sure what collection it is) and was able to get this dress out of 1 metre. I was pretty pleased with how it turned out but Freya proclaimed it to be "boring"and said it needs a pink collar. Who knows, I think she may be onto something. I'm really enjoying how she's developing her own taste now.
Freya was in fine form today with her "modelling"poses. She had me in stitches!
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