Safari Dress

This is another case where I am proud of the fabric-pattern match, even if it was by chance that they both stumbled together. 
I bought the fabric online as a cotton twill to make some "Dockers" trousers for my man (I am still looking for that kind of fabric, if anyone could send me a tip...), but when it arrived I realized it was too thin for that. One of those cases when you regret buying online...

So the cotton twill ended in my small fabric stash waiting for ideas. It seemed really difficult to get into something... too thick or too thin... a weird sand colour...

And finally one day I realized I had always wanted to have a safari dress, and this was the perfect fabric for it. Besides, I had the perfect pattern, a princess-seamed dress from a Burda magazine that turned out just perfect: comfortable to wear, shapy, elegant and sporty at the same time...
So, at the end of this summer, I thought it was time for some safari sewing.

I followed my method for marking, basting, fitting the dress. I made flat-felled seams all over. It is my favourite finishing method for sporty wear.

Wrinkled version after one day at work. Not too bad!

I mad short sleeves with top-stitched rolls at the bottom. For the snaps, I ordered a bunch of them online for 10 euros, and easily and happily applied them to all the front opening and pockets. 

I am very happy with the result. I could only wear it for one day, because cold weather always arrives to spoil my last summer make (as hot weather spoils my last winter make), like a yearly tradition. But I expect to wear it a lot.