Straight Lines and Angles: Rainbow Pennant Dress

I'm participating in a really fun series today from If Only They Would Nap.  It's called 'Straight Lines and Angles' and the challenge is based on geometric-inspired design.

As soon as Jess asked me I signed up right away because having fun with shapes and lines is right up my alley.

I started off with a basic a-line block, and slashed it back and forth diagonally (as well as vertically down centre front) to create panels.  In the smaller pennant-shaped panels I sewed in plain rainbow colours in descending order and in the larger polygons I sewed in stripes.  Right side polygons are horizontal and left side are vertical.

I wanted the panoply of intersecting seams to be as comfortable as possible to wear so there is a tonne of topstitching framing each piece.  So many thread changes.

The back was given a centre seam and I cut the stripes on the diagonal and mismatched it across the seam for visual interest.

And also because I had zero interest in trying to stripe match across the side seams, haha.

Arm and neckbands were cut to emphasise the stripes and frame the whole thing.  In hindsight, I think I should've made the left sleeve striped to coordinate with the stripes on that side of the bodice.

Playful, colourful, and a little bit crazy.  Being partial to a bit of crazy, Maia loves it too.

Thanks so much for thinking of such a cool concept and having me as part of the tour, Jess!  There is also an associated giveaway if you want to jump over after leaving a comment here so I know someone is reading.