Déjà vu dress

I'm calling this one the Déjà vu dress because I made a blouse from the same fabric way last summer.  I remember writing that I had considering making a dress instead, but decided I needed another blouse instead.  I did wear the blouse a bit last summer, but I was on the way to outsville with my separates by then, so I decided not to keep it in the rotation for this year.  

I managed to find a dress length of the print earlier this spring because I really do like the print a lot, but the collection was from last year, so it was a little hard to find this particular one.  This is from the Robert Kaufman London Calling lawn collection, and the fabric has a really nice hand to it.  It is lovely and light in the heat, and doesn't wilt too badly in high humidity (of which we have a  LOT here).

I wore this dress for the first time on Saturday morning and ended up changing because I was too cold; it was in the low 60s most of the day and damp.  I also felt slightly uncomfortable, although I couldn't say why.  I did feel a bit of panic thinking I'd maybe made something that didn't fit right, but I wore it again on Monday and it felt fine, so I must have just been off on Saturday.

I like it with the red Salt Waters--I think the pops of red are nice.

I actually applied the bias tape to this dress twice.  My first attempt was with white bias, and it looked terrible--almost like a weird uniform or something.  I almost left it, but decided it might prevent me from wearing it, so I pulled it off and put on red instead.  It looks much better (I realize that the bias is only a little visible when I'm moving or sitting, but still).  An hour well spent, I'd say.

The print looks better up close:

I did a kanga pocket and doubled the fabric, as I've noticed that single layer pockets in lawn tend not to be able to hold up to anything, and I like to be able to at least put my house and car keys in my pockets.  I've been doubling the pockets since last fall when I figured this out.

A nice bright summer dress, I think!  The weather has been gloomy and damp, so it feels sort of strange to be wearing it now, but it looks like the heat will catch us up next week.

I also wanted to share a quick pic of the Blueberry dress with the pocket alteration: 

I'm really quite pleased with the kanga pocket (doubled, of course, being Cambridge lawn from Kaufman) and this dress still fits well.  It is a nice blank slate for some of my novelty summer jewelry.

Just the facts:

Déjà vu dress: Kaufman London Calling lawn, Simplicity 1080 (redrafted), elastic, vintage bias tape

Shoes: saltwater sandals in red

Necklace: etsy

Earrings: etsy

Cardigan: Gap via ThredUp