The Amazing Technicolour Paneled Pinafore

 

As I got towards the end of the bolt of this Tulipa Dotties I selfishly took it out of the shop and reserved it for me. Yes, it's a bit garish and riotous, and the just-over-a-metre cut mean it's also super mini but I regret nothing.  I think I have tights to match at least half of these colours.  The resident / reluctant photographer didn't notice that there was a random shaft of light coming around the side of the building so there's a weird streak across the dress in all the pictures.

Meh, whatever.  I'm in love with this dress and nothing can taint that.

Not even my roots situation or derp feet.

Testing is going awesome and I'm getting pretty excited about this pattern.  All I need to do is settle on a name.  I like the Little and Lady play on the Skater and would like something similar for this.  Any ideas?

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The Mod Dress

In case you missed it on Instagram or Facebook, I'm working on drafting the Paneled Pinafore in ladies' sizes.  This is version three and I'm just about happy with everything.  Version One is all in a grey ponte and it's trickier to see the seam lines so for this one I used a big fat striped ponte for the centre panels so you could see those princess seams.

The front has a more dramatic curve that nips in at the waist for an at-a-glance hourglass shape.  As the seams are more of a decorative feature than a shaping feature, the hourglass is somewhat of an optical illusion but princess seams are the perfect seams for adjusting fit to your individual body.

From the side you can see that there is a looser, drapier fit than it looks from the front.  There is negative ease through the bust but not through the waist because I think this pattern will be good to throw over jeans or trousers (in tunic length) or tights in mini / knee length. 

The back has less dramatic curves and also pesky thumbs causing pooling.

If you're waiting for an action shot to show you different things you can do while wearing this dress, the style clearly lends itself well to giving The Eyebrow to your son's friend who is spying on your photoshoot from around the side of the building.

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Framed Panelled Pinafore 4.0

Yep, still soldiering on with the Panelled Pinafore! So far we've had one overall print, one colour-blocked solid, one mixed print, and now a print / solid mix. I hesitate to say it's piped as the strips I inserted in the seams are too wide by all accounts.

I do like the way the contrasting strips highlight the seamlines and frame the different panels.

But it's really too heavy-handed a treatment to do with fabric this weight and causes buckling. Impeccable posture required (but not granted).

Leaving for Spain on the morrow with the pattern in the capable hands of my testers (provided I can get it all scanned today) means you'll see less of me and my endless Pinafore iterations for awhile.  Just kidding, I made short sleeves one for our holidays.

Addendum: Facebook elected to show only a handful of people my announcement yesterday about how the shop will be affected by my absence.  I'm going to be away from the 10th to the 20th so if you need any fabric before then you'll have to place an order today. PDFs ordered between those dates will still be automatically delivered, but any fabric orders will be posted on the 21st!

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