Sunday, May 25, 2014

Pattern Review: Sofilantjes Summer Surprise Dress and Tunic

I am actually really excited to chat about this one.  There is something really exciting about being part of the pre-testing and testing process for a designer's first pattern.  It also give a cool glimpse into the designer and what they are like.  Annemieke of Sofilantjes is such a sweet woman.  She put so much time tweaking and re-tweaking and making sure everything was perfect with the fit on the dress.  She even added a skinny sizing to it so that it would be easy to fit for all girls.  
Summer Surprise Dress and Tunic from Sofilantjes by Keep Calm and Carrion
Inara totally loves it.  And we had this random week of gorgeous weather as a nice break from the rain, so we got some great pis to show this one off.
The details:
Available in sizes 6mo to7
Slim and Regular fit
Made for knits
Tunic or Dress Length

Sewing time: about an hour!

Summer Surprise Dress and Tunic from Sofilantjes by Keep Calm and Carrion
 The front of the dress/tunic has one pleat, which gives it a really cute, but simple detail, but the back is the awesome surprise with the dress....
Summer Surprise Dress and Tunic from Sofilantjes by Keep Calm and Carrion
Summer Surprise Dress and Tunic from Sofilantjes by Keep Calm and CarrionSummer Surprise Dress and Tunic from Sofilantjes by Keep Calm and Carrion















How cool is that??  Inara totally loves it.  The lower back stays nicely in place with the bow detail that is added to it.  I wish this came in my size! 









The binding on the dress is done using knit binding (I used ribbing for mine), BUT on the blue one, I decided to be wild and tried it with some FOE.  And it totally works.  You need to attach the bow slightly different in the back, as the FOE doesn't have the seam that the binding does, but otherwise it works perfectly.  I used a cute scalloped edged FOE which gave the dress a really sweet look.  

Summer Surprise Dress and Tunic from Sofilantjes by Keep Calm and Carrion
AND .... if you aren't sold on the dress and tunic...  If you take a couple inches off of the tunic cut line... you get a perfect shirt!











If you haven't picked up the pattern yet, run over to the Sofilantjes Craftsy Shop and grab for $6.30 while it is 30% of.  The sale ends REALLY soon.  Grab it now, and you can whip up a red/white/blue in time for Memorial Day!

3 comments:

  1. You make such beautiful things and she looks awesome! I loved having you by my side! Thank you so much!

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  2. Love love love this one! Makes me want to not hate knit as much! And I agree - wish it was my size! Awesome sewing, Alyssa!

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