Green longer length ribbed T shirt dress

Its not really my usual style being a longer length but I saw something similar in H&M and loved it so I decided to make my own version. 

I also had another try at mock coverstitch and this worked much better than my previous attempt on my yellow top. Maybe its down to the type of fabric rather than my overlocker?

 

You can just about see it on the raglan seams on this photo.

 Its a kind of decorative stitch you can make with an overlocker. With hindsight I should have just sewn the raglan seams with it but I actually sewed the entire dress with it so that could yet turn out to be a mistake. Its not after 3 wearings so far falling appart anyway.

Well yes its a sack dress really, but its cool enough to wear in September when its occassionally still hot but warm and covered up enough to also work in the wind and rain as the weather changes.

The pattern is the Peppermint Jersey dress that I used for my glitter sweatshirt dress and my blue dresses. I also made a few velvet dresses from this pattern but all the previous versions have hoods and they are all shorter. This time though I lengthened to 35 inches or about 90cm. There is no particular reason for this length other than it used up most of the rest of this fabric meaning my stash is smaller. And ofcourse this is actually inspired by a RTW dress in H&M and that was long.

I never tried on the H&M version so no idea if its the same length but it is a longer length baggy Tshirt style though it had short sleeves. I made these 3/4 length because thats what was left in my fabric bits. The sleeves and neck have a band to finish them off. Hem is single needle sticthes down each side split and then the bottom is twin needle stitched - though I cocked that up. I did the side splits first. I think probably normally you should do the side splits second and hem first and you would get a neater finish.  Still thats for my next version. I am fancying a black one of these for winter.

This will be a nice transitional Autumn/ Fall dress though that will work for warmer days with sandals and nasty colder days too. I reckon thick tights and boots will also work with this.

This dress is made from synthetic ribbing which I used years ago to make this raglan top.

This rather ordinary top turned out to be one of my all time favourite makes. That was back in 2016 so its very old now. And also very worn out. I am currently using it for decorating, gardening etc. Anyway the body is the same green fabric used for this dress which will just about use the rest of this up - which is good because its taking up quite a lot of room! 

I am actually being quite successful this year reducing the size of my fabric stash and am managing to eliminate lots of these half used bits of fabric I have left from the start of my sewing journey when I basically bought large amounts of anything that was cheap. This year so far I bought 2m of fabric back in March and nothing else all year so the stash is really actually going down at last. Its been hard though and I keep seeing such lovely fabric, but I have been strong! 

Probably ths will also look good with a belt.

These days I am far more choosey than when I bought this green piece of fabric - at least usually - though I still get that occassional moment when some shiny fabric just ends up being bought regardless of how useful it will probably really be. 

Like that yellow velvet I recently made some shorts from. I would really like to clear the rest of that out, but winter is coming now and I am not so sure I can handle that brighness in winter. Its hard to handle in summer!

This green fabric is lovely and silky and has a really good drape. Its not actually shiny but does have a sheen from the amount of lycra it contains. Its a kind of olive green rather than khaki in colour. I usually tend more towards khaki but I do love these shades of greens. They are so easy to wear. And being olive green kind of work with my Faerie theme which had been this years clothing look / aim. Recently I have gone a bit off target with the Faerie idea. I think this kind of brings Faerie back in for winter 2022.Especially when I start accessorising with hats and scarves as it gets colder.

 I have no idea of the fibre content of this fabric but it is a very soft, silky, two way stretch so could even have been used to make swimwear. I think this dress will be a nice medium weight addition to my autumn/fall wardrobe because there should still be quite a few warmer days to come yet and this should be perfect and it will not matter when the evening does get a bit chilly due to a combination of the longer length and the three quarter sleeves - I did not have enough to make longer ones but never mind. It works.

Though I definitely want to make a black version of this. Maybe with a bit of lace? I have to see what fabric I have that will work for that because I am still not buying just using up what I already have. Thats a lot of months now with no fabric purchases and it makes me feel very happy not to be continually building up a huge stash we really do not have space to store. Mind you having a stash does mean you can always sew even if you find yourself broke so I do not really want to totally deplete my stash. Just control it.

Have a great weekend and see you soon

Bracken