First Light Frock

Oh, look, another one!  This is the second of the dresses I made to add to my spring rotation.  

I used some Cloud 9 fabric that I had bought in the winter, thinking it was flannel, and then turned out to be plain cotton.  I really liked the print, and was disappointed it wasn't flannel.  (There is apparently a similar flannel print from this fabric collection, but I didn't like it quite as much as this one)

I put it aside to save for spring, and then forgot I was saving it for spring and put it into my summer pile.  When I re-assessed my sewing list and my wardrobe for the spring, I realized this dress needed to be in my closet now.  (Just for the record, my spring rotation is sitting around 26 garments.  I'm finding 25-27 garments is about the right number for me for a rotation)

It was a very fast make--I did most of the construction on the heels of the Liberty dress, and then finished the bias the next day.  Nothing much to report about construction.  Since I did the redraft a couple of weeks ago, I think I've got the kinks worked out with the sleeves, and I'm pretty happy with the length.  I thought this print would benefit from being broken up across the middle, and I also plan to wear it with a cardigan a good bit, so I think it is okay.

The fabric is slightly heavier than the Liberty lawn (being mid-weight cotton), so it is nice for these in-between days where you want a sweater and tights, but not boots or a coat.

The helicopter pods are really coming down from the trees now.  We get about six weeks of mess from the trees in the neighborhood, between the pre-seeds, the flower petals, the helicopter pods, and then finally, the leaves come out and it stops until the fall.  The pre-seeds are the worst--they track onto everything and are just kind of gross, especially when wet.  I don't mind the petal showers so much, but they can make the sidewalks look freshly snowed upon!

Senior photo.  #nope

Tucked pockets again.

All in all, a successful make!  I finally cracked my skirt sloper, I think.  I now have two very well fitting skirts to add to the various rotations, in addition to my beloved denim skirt.  One skirt has gone right into my spring closet, and the other is waiting with my summer line up.  I'll write more about those when I get photos taken.  I feel quite confident now about cutting into my chambray for another summer skirt.

Just the facts:

First Light dress: Cloud 9 fabric, Spring Woodland in blue, from fabric.com, gray bias binding, elastic, Simplicity 1080

Sweater: LLBean

Earrings: Etsy

Necklace: Etsy

Tights: Foot Traffic via Sock Dreams

Danskos: via ebay