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Stripes and Floral – Fashion Star

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You know those patterns that you keep looking at? And looking at, and looking at…

The Fashion Star M6553 was one of them for me. I couldn’t get it out of my head, I simply needed to make it. I loved how interesting it was, and that it was comfy, yet fashionable.  Then I came across a photo on Pat Bravo’s Instagram feed, and I was totally inspired. I knew exactly how I wanted to make this dress.

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Incorporating the Art Gallery Carnaby Street Boutique Royal into a neckline for this dress perfectly paired floral and stripes in an interesting, fashion forward way. I love how I can take this dress from Spring to Summer to Fall, all with changing how I style the tunic.  Here is a mini tutorial showing you what I did…

How to Add a Bib to the Top of your Dress Pattern

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To add a fabric bib to the top of my tunic, I used the front facing pattern piece. I lined up my fabric where I wanted the center of the design to be, and cut around using the front facing pattern piece as my template for the shoulder and neckline. I then created a hem facing for the bottom of my new fabric pattern piece, and sewed it right sides together with my fabric. Then I cut, and cut, and cut  the seam allowance as close to the sewn line as possible in all of the curves, turned and pressed. I then continued sewing my dress pattern as normal, and once I had the front dress sewn together, I simply sewed this bib design directly onto the front of my dress. Then finished with my dress construction as the pattern instructs.

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I adore how it turned out, and look forward to wearing this tunic from Summer to Fall.

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Thanks so much for stopping by, and until next time…

Happy Sewing!

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    • Thank you Teresa! When I saw this fabric paired with the stripes on Pat Bravo’s instagram feed, I knew I needed to make it into a dress 🙂

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  4. I absolutely love this … And the whole outfit. Is the stripe a knit? Really inspired and gorgeous!

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    • It is! I purchased it on-line from B&J Fabrics, the link is above. (not an affiliate or anything – lol). Just a great source of classic knit fabrics with nice quality! Thank you so much 🙂

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  5. Brilliant Jessica, you just keep getting better and better. I’m going to try this but have never sewn with knits? Do you need special thread/needles? I know it’s a stupid question but I’m a quilter…..

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    • Thank you so much Celina! I can’t wait to pair it with black leggings and boots this Fall 🙂 🙂 🙂

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  10. Ummm…yeah…loved this! Thanks for posting…I now went and bought like 5 patterns from Mccall’s and hit up that huge sale! Wahoo!!!! Selfish sewing here I come!!!!!

    Wish we could sew them together! I got this pattern too – love it! so cute and comfy! Plus those shoes…..adorbs!

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