Black Silk Jersey Sleveless Coco Dress
WOW! What a luxury dress!
The inspiration was brought by Kate Middleton, the English princess, who in terms of clothing is candy to any sewist eyes when she wears those magnificent custom-fitted dresses and tailored coats.
I saw in a magazine she was wearing a blue jersey dress with the most exquisite drape and shade I had ever seen, and I read there was something called silk jersey. I was in love.
So when I travelled to London last easter, this was in my treasure hunt. I bought only one metre in Broadwick Silks (Soho), since the price is very expensive.
Because I only had 1 m x 1.05m, it had to be a short sleeveless dress, so I decided to go with my Coco pattern, which it has proved infallible over the last months, winter and summer alike. I had to cut the back upside down, to align the skirt wide bottom next to the narrower bodice part.
I raised the underarm part of the sleeves a couple of cm and deeped the front neck cutting.
I zig-zagged all the raw ends with my machine and handsewed them with an invisible stitch to the dress by rolling them once. Easy does it.
It is a jewel of a dress! I hope it will not be my last silk jersey piece.
Beautiful - simple lines really suit a luxury fabric. Did you find the silk jersey difficult to work with - I noticed you say "I zig-zagged all the raw ends with my machine and handsewed them with an invisible stitch to the dress by rolling them once" - was this just a precaution or completely necessary?
ReplyDeleteHi. It was sweet to handle and easy to sew. I zigzagged the raw ends because its tinny stitches unravel when cut, like knits. But I used a normal machine foot and a jersey needle, nothing fancy. Cutting and hand-sew it was also easy. And the feel of it when you wear it is totally worth it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment, steelyseamstress!