Liberty #5

It is the last day of school today and I think my head is going to explode.  I've got a three page monthly calendar spreadsheet plus weekly pages for the rest of the summer just to keep track of everything.  Let's just say that the rest of June is almost full.  My kids are old enough now that they want to get together with their friends during breaks, and keeping track of two or three friends per kid, babysitter hours, summer school work, my husband's trips, and the regular summer stuff that we schedule, is making my head hurt.  I know, I know.  #firstworldproblems

But you don't come here to read about my personal chaos!  So on to today's sewing project: Liberty #5.  I realize the Liberty series is getting kind of ridiculous, but I named this dress when it was still in the planning stages and I can't seem to get another name in my head for it, so #5 it is!  (And I know I technically don't have a #4, since it got renamed)

Let me just say that I love this dress.  I love the color palette, I love the print, I love the fabric, and I love the way it feels to wear.  A win all around!

This is another of Robert Kaufman's London Calling lawn prints, from last year.  I had considered it last summer (and even got a swatch from fabric.com) but ended up going with several other prints instead.  I always liked this one, though, and by the time I decided I wanted to make it up into a dress, I couldn't find it anywhere except ebay!  Thankfully there was a seller there who was selling by the yard for a reasonable price.  

The back elastic is good on this one, and the fit in the shoulders is good.  I was distressed to discover, when I got dressed on Sunday (when I wore this) that my Orkney dress feels too tight in the shoulders/arms.  I think it is something to do with the underlining, and now I don't really know what to do about it.  I'll try it on again in a week or so when the weather cools and see if it is any better, but I'm not holding my breath.  Both the Orkney and Hebrides dresses have been plagued with problems from the start.

But back to the dress at hand.  It was 97 degrees on Sunday and I was comfortable and cool all day.  I did put on a light blue cardigan at church because the AC was on kind of high, but that was it.

I forget why I chose patch pockets on this dress--I think I was just looking for something different from my usual kanga pocket when I made it.  I have a pretty good variety of patch/kanga pockets in this rotation, I think.

Isn't the print pretty?  I love the range of blues.

Just the facts:

Liberty #5 dress: London Calling lawn from Robert Kaufman, Simplicity 1080, elastic, navy blue bias tape

Necklace: had since a child

Earrings: etsy

Shoes: Chaste Ballet by Hush Puppies via ebay