Deco dress

Thank goodness it is Friday, amiright?

Nearly done the dress parade for my summer rotation (I know, I hear a collective sigh of relief from the interwebs).  I think I have one more dress to show (plus a couple separates)

This is the Deco lawn dress, from the same Robert Kaufman lawn collection as my Liberty dresses. This is one of my favorites from this rotation.  The print on this one reminded me of some Deco prints from the 1930s, hence the name.

The colorway was a bit tricky to photograph--it is a deep coral color, very pretty, but since most of my back drops involve a lot of brick, it is hard to find a place with enough contrast.  So it goes.

What to say about this dress?  Not much.  I used the bust tucks, the slightly lower back neckline, back elastic--pretty much similar to my other Liberty dresses, and several of my other summer dresses.  I think the shaping came out quite nicely on this dress.

Since the weather broke, I'm finally starting to shed some of the water my body has been holding.  (4 pounds in 4 days, so far)  It feels nice not to be sloshing around so much.  I still have a couple of pounds of water to get back to where I was before I blew up like a balloon, but at least things are headed back in the right direction, so to speak.

Because lawn is so thin, I found it best to use a low number needle on my machine--I may have even used a stretch needle, because lawn does have a bit of mechanical stretch to it.  

I know I'm kind of a one-trick pony these days.  I'd apologize, but I'm not really sorry.  I wear almost everything I make now, and I'm pretty happy with most of it.  I am happy with the mix of ready-to-wear and me-made in my closet, and I think that is a good thing.

I made all my summer dresses a tad longer than I've been making these frocks, because I realized that I really prefer slightly longer dresses (43-45" is my ideal), mostly because I want my knees covered when I sit down.  I have short calves but long thighs, so that means a longer skirt length to accomplish this.   I often have children climbing all over me and the best way to avoid a major wardrobe malfunction is a bit of length over the knees!

I happen to think the slightly longer length is a little more flattering, but who knows, maybe I'll change my mind again next year--I seem to go back and forth on hem lines from year to year.  

Just the facts:

Deco dress: Simplicity 1080 (modified), Robert Kaufman London Calling Lawn, bias tape, elastic

Teal cardigan: Express, via ThredUp

Necklace: flea market

Earrings: Target

Shoes: Dansko via ebay