STYLISH DRESS BOOK "O"
Stylish Dress Book (available at the workroom)
Tunic ‘O’ : Lecien ‘Liberty-style floral’
I keep thinking that I should focus on projects for the home this year – quilts, curtains, pillows, roman blinds and box cushions. But then I see a lovely fabric in the shop that just calls to be made into a piece of clothing and I can’t help myself. Sewing clothing was my first love.
This black Lecien floral fabric was hard to resist. I kept eying it and worrying that it would sell out before I had decided what to do with it. It feels and looks like a Liberty of London fabric. So luxurious.
A quick flip through the Stylish Dress Book landed me on style “O”. It’s long enough that I keep considering wearing it as a dress with tights, but short enough that I will likely always wear it with jeans. The sleeves are bell shaped, but not too much. There is elastic sewn around the bodice in a casing and for some reason I really enjoyed sewing in this part. It adds some nice shape and gathering to the standard loose tunic silhouette.
Since many of these patterns from Japanese craft books are so simple, they are usually rather quick to complete. It satisfies my clothing craving quite quickly. I popped over to Pomadour’s Craft Cafe earlier and noticed that there is now a Stylish Dress Book 2! I will try to be good and not order it just yet.
I finally took a day off this weekend! The glory of two days off was so delightful, it felt like a mini vacation. I will try to do this more often.
12 comments
love it karyn. where do i get the book?
I tried this pattern a few months ago and I don’t know how or why it has been a complete failure !
your one is just perfect and so nice 🙂
I love how this “black” fabric is so filled with flowers that it doesn’t look black at all!
liza – visit the Pomadour Craft Cafe link above – she always has it and if it’s not listed in her etsy shop, she will get it for you.
wildmary – did you add seam allowance to the pattern? i didn’t do that a couple times and ran into some real problems. what part gave you the most trouble?
suzie – i know! i kept thinking that i was making myself a black top, but then i look at the fabric and it doesn’t really look that black at all! i love it.
I love it!!
Ooooh, I did not need to hear about Stylish Dress Book 2! I have (what I consider) an addiction to those lovely books. If I can just help enable you for a moment, I wanted to let you know that you have made many clothing sewing projects that I’ve had waiting for me and haven’t gotten to yet. It is so helpful to see your finished projects and hear your commentary on the process, and I need all the help I can get! Thank you!
Félicitations c’est vraiment réussi. très très joli
Congratulation, it’s beautiful. The fabric and the O get really well together. I love this book and love what you do with it!
A bientôt
Jennifer
ordered both. now i have the delicious anticipation of the arrival of the books! thanks karyn for the continued inspiration.
L
This blouse is so very lovely ! Nice combination of pattern and fabric. That book and the new one are also available from amazon.co.jp (express delivery, search key with ISBN:4579111850 and 4579112261)
looks really sweet Karyn!
I am making B from this book and have a question I am hoping you can help me with. Is there a measurement or pattern piece for the bias neckband? I cannot seem to see this in the pattern and any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
Cindy
Thanks to your blog, I have ordered ‘stylish dress book 1’!
I would LOVE to make this dress (or is it a tunic) as soon as possible, and buy my fabric soon.
Could you please tell me how much fabric is needed to make the ‘O tunic’? You would be so kind.
I wanted to thank you too for the inspiration.
Love,
Sylvie.