Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Sew and Tell: Flower Print Sweatshirt Dress

Let's summon Spring by making clothes with flower prints! At least that's what I was trying to do here. With all the snowstorms, and another one on the way tonight, I decided to brighten up my wardrobe despite the gloomy weather. 

Sorry about the crazy curl in the middle picture, lol. It had a mind of it's own. 
Here, I continue with my idea of paneled sweatshirt dresses, except I didn't screen print the panel. I used stretchy flower print fabric given to me by the lovely Gloria, a lady from my church we affectionally call Bennie. I wrote about another fabric donation of hers here. Bennie just turned 89 but she has so much energy and spunk. I want to be like her when I grow up! 
I was actually debating showing you this flower print sweatshirt dress because the flower material snagged and I now have a couple of little runs in the from of it. Sigh. I am going to have to remake it. But... I really love it and I am not sure when I was going to get around to making another one, so here it is in the meantime.  
Spring before me and winter behind
The flower print fabric is like a polyester type of material. The rest of the dress is made of sweatshirts,  my favorite fabric, next to t-shirts. I hate installing zippers and this is why the material snagged. It's tight fitting but both materials stretch so I can fit it over my head and breasts but with a lot of effort. All that straining, however, caused the runs in the front. I should have put a zipper in.  Lesson learned.

Nevertheless, I love the silhouette created, very Stella McCartney, and I wore it twice already, once to church. I think it's God approved. He loves my Puerto Rican hips! lol. 

Would love to hear your thoughts, and like always, I answer all comments. 




17 comments:

  1. I like your work and checked out your Etsy shop - Love your Frida tees!
    I might mention your shop in my next post -

    Arianexo

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    1. Ariane, thank you so much!!! I love ur blog as well, e-mail me if u have questions, shopnelesc@aol.com

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  2. As always, beautiful! I am not normally a huge floral lover, but I would buy this number and wear it all the time. I love how you mix beauty with comfort.

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    1. Thank you so much Theresa, that means so much! That's the idea, i love sweats, so comfortable but they are so unflattering unless u transform them. On another note, you have inspired me to make boy clothes, i am going to mention you in a future blog post, i'll let u know.

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    2. Oh how great, I cannot wait to see what you have in store. (You do know you will in turn inspire me!)

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  3. Wow!!! You are absolutely talented beyond belief...thanks for sharing!!!

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  4. I love it!! The bright and colourful print looks fantastic used in that way.....shame about the snags though.....do you have more of that fabric so you can replace it as is?

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    1. Yes, Hootnz, I have more fabric like this. I will def add a zipper to prevent the snags. Thank you so much for stopping by, I appreciate it.

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  5. visiting from Sunshinex3 - this is awesome. What a great fit, you must be a good seamstress

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    1. Thank you so much Schulz family! I always appreciate the opportunity to share.

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  6. Pero qué gran idea. Nelesc
    Me alegro de que me hayas encontrado para poderte encontrar yo a tí.
    Te sigo y espero que tú lo hagas también, así nos mantendremos en contacto.
    Un abrazo fuerte.
    XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

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  7. Gracias Sacramento! Claro que te voy a seguir! Me encanta tu estilo!

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  8. This dress is fabulous! You are so talented!
    Thanks for linking up for Favorite Fashion Friday! Hope to see you back this week!
    Tara

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    1. Thank you Penniless! It's always an honor to link up and be in great company. Thank you for the opportunity.

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  9. I love it and it seems very figure flattering.

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    1. Thank you so much Unknow Mami! and for dropping by!

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