My not-so-mild obsession

I am completely obsessed with back wrap dress styles at the moment. You know, one that wraps from behind and the ties create a belt? Totally cool in my opinion.

This obsession started when I realised that the Collette Crepe pattern was a back-wrap dress (Yes - I am a little slow with these things sometimes and I don't think the line drawing for this pattern is very clear).  With Collette patterns recently being 20% off through the Sew Weekly, I almost purchased this and a couple of other patterns (to make shipping worthwhile) at least half a dozen times.

The one thing stopping me, is my body shape. I knew there would be stack of modifications to make those patterns fit my 'straight up and down' figure. Unfortunately, possibly too many to make the premium pattern cost worthwhile.

I toyed with drafting a wrap dress myself. I know I can, but it takes time and believe it or not, I can be a little lazy at times. Then I stumbled on this blog via Sew Retro, which showed an awesome 1960's back wrap dress pattern, Simplicity 4986.

Now I want this pattern, but as I couldn't find this particular pattern, I have found and settled on these two.


Pretty cute huh?? I like that I can make sleeves with one and the other has a lovely shoulder cap shape.

I have my fabric, courtesy of some PlayPal money that was seriously burning a hole in my pocket.

Some lovely Liberty, the darker print is Tatum, which you can buy via Tessuti, but I got from Ebay and another called Emilia's flower, which I think may become a Tova (These are not the links to where I purchased this fabric, just where I found online).

So, I'm almost ready to begin sewing, I just need to get some lining fabric and wait for the postman to deliver the patterns..... hopefully soon!