Fabric: I have had this piece of black and white wool plaid for more than thirty years. I visited this fabric just about every year contemplating what it could become, but I could not come up with any great ideas until this year. What is more, since it sat among my stash so long that it acquired two moth holes which I rewove to fill in with difficulty. The yarn of the fabric has small nubs and they got caught here and there, giving me such a hard time reweaving. At any rate, the moth holes were fixed tentatively.
The pattern: This is the dress. Actually, I never thought this fabric can become a dress. That was until I saw a photo of a Vivien Westwood tartan dress. It so happened some bloggers had already thought of this and my search provided me with this Burda Style dress. My fabric is probably a bit too bulky for the dress, but it is unlikely that I will encounter a better alternative. So, that was that.
Tinkering: Although the Burda dress has bias cut front, the back and the sleeves are not in bias. I decided to cut all parts in bias, except the back facing and the lining. The back pattern piece has a curved center back seam and a zipper is supposed to be installed there. Fearing the difficulty of matching plaid on the back and the lack of yardage (I have about 2 yards plus a bit), I decided to cut the back in one piece, and re-drew the center back seam as a straight line, which meant I had to move the zipper to the right side seam. The lining pattern for the front is also prepared.
All these pattern preps were done over two weekends. The fashion fabric was also cut out, except for the back facing. In the above photos, the left front drape is gathered up and pinned to back dress on my dress form. Looking at the back, it seems that the bias fabric has taken care of the form shaping and there is no need to add darts per pattern. I am letting the fabric to settle before I serge the edges and sew up the dress.
Cannot wait for the next weekend!
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