I love Olivia Waltons dresses. In the anniversary show, she wears a beautiuful dark green dress, I have studied the reruns of this show and tried to figure out, how it was made. I follow Eva Girls blog,
Theoppulentpoppy@blogspot.com, Please check out her blog, she does some beautiful garments.She loves Olivia's dresses too. She had sketched this dress, and when I saw her sketch, I realized I had a similar pattern [thankyou Eva Girl for sharing your sketches].
Pattern: Country Gentleman [found on ebay].
Fabric- quilting cotton [found at wal mart]
The pattern had to have some alterations. The neck line was too low, so I had to reshape it. Olivia's dress,
had short ties, and I failed to notice this, until after it was made.But, when I do the anniversary dress, I will shorten the ties [and I plan on going back and shorten these ties].Olivia's dress also had 3/4 length sleeves with cuffs and one button on them. I didnt do this to the muslin, since my muslin fabric was not enough.But , I will do this also. So, the next dress will have differences.. But all in all I am very happy with the turn out.
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| Ties are TOO long!! |
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| Pinned up ties, to show how it will look , when I shorten them. |
Oh! It's perfectly lovely!!! I think it came out great. Can't wait to see pictures of you wearing it too ; ) The fabric you chose works well with this design. Love the belt too!
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ReplyDeleteIt's a really pretty dress and perfect for spring. Great that it's a wearable muslin that really is wearable! I agree the shortened tie looks clean, the longer version is fine too but the short just looks right. You did Olivia proud! Lovely!
Judy,
ReplyDeleteIt's a really pretty dress and perfect for spring. Great that it's a wearable muslin that really is wearable! I agree the shortened tie looks clean, the longer version is fine too but the short just looks right. You did Olivia proud! Lovely!
what a great start to 2012, a wearable muslin. It's those good things that I should do but genrally skip, I think I should try harder, wont our clothes be better for all this extra care.
ReplyDeleteEva-thankyou for your sweet comment, and also thankyou for sketching the Olivia Anniversary dress.Because,I would never have noticed the resemblence of this pattern.Hoping to post a picture of me in it soon.
ReplyDeleteCathe- thankyou for your always sweet comments. What a sweet friend. I think you would say my dishrag was pretty.hahahah I am going to work on shortening the ties today.. I like it better..
Charolette- thankyou so much for the sweet comments. I love the idea of a wearable muslin.. so nice .. And I have to confess--- I am the worlds worst, to not make a muslin either..[most of the time, bad mistake,ha]..Happy Sewing my buddy in 2012.
This looks beautiful.. Maybe know that you are happy with the pattern you may want to make it on wool.
ReplyDeleteThankyou Rachel.. Wool would be beautiful..I had never thought of wool. Thanks for the idea.
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by to see me today Judy. You have a beautiful blog as well. I love your anniversary dress. I love working with cottons so much but really dislike sewing for me. Too much shape. Its more fun sewing for the kids/young adults.
ReplyDeleteJudy! That is absolutely lovely. I would love to see a picture of it on. A blue apron over this would be absolutely perfect. As you know, I have a bit of a thing for aprons LOL!
ReplyDeleteSimplicity in the Making.. I agree so much funier to sew for the kidos..ha I just started sewing for me..Much harder to fit.
ReplyDeleteThankyou for the comments, I apprecaite it.. Love your blog too.
Pepper Toast... thankyou.. I agree you "should" have a thing for aprons.ha.. I am gonna try one out , for this dress. Come spring.I will get a picture of me and post as soon as I get a chance.
Dear Judy,
ReplyDeleteI love the dress...and, I too, love Eva girl's blog. I think we all share the admiration for the "Olivia Walton dress style". I've been working on a few from the pattern you suggested...I'll have to show you when I get them finished!
Sweet blessings,
Laura
Yep...we all three share that Olivia walton dress love.ha I really like Eva Girls blog too..She shares so many pretty things and she is really talented.
DeleteCant wait to see your Olivia dress that your working on.. Happy sewing.
I am a 26 year old stay at home mom of 4. I adore the dresses olivia walton wears. I have no experience making clothes but I have made several quilts and aprons on an old treddle style machine my grandmother taught me to use. Love the dress, I am thinking about finding a pattern and trying my hand at dressmaking, I would love to have wearable dresses to go about my day in.
ReplyDeleteI love Olivia Walton's dresses and style.. I love finding new patterns, that I can make look like them. so fun. They are so easy to wear. I love to sew . Wish you the best with your sewing adventure.. and have fun.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if anyone knows the pattern for afghan on the Walton couch in living room?
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