There will be a lot of dresses for openings this year and by this year I really mean this theatre season. This season I will be going to at least 4 openings and maybe more who knows so I get to really hone my dress making skills. I used my Anda pattern to make this dress with many many tweeks.
First off the Anda directions are silly. Ok not all the directions, but the one where you finish the neckline and sleeves before attatching the front and the back of the dress together. Now that is silly. I also used french seams. I figured why not there are only 4 seams on this entire dress I might as well make them nice and pretty.
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| Finished the sequence, and started the embroidery. |
The piece de resistance is the waist detail. I dilagently sequenced and embroided myself. Lets be honest the Anda can be a great dress, but it's just a sack for a dress till you give it a little something to add intrest. It is also highly recomended that you wear this style with a belt or add the drawstring waist or a tie. You need something to show you've got a waist in this thing. Over all I find that the Anda is a great canvas for a wonderful fabric, a fun detail, or even to try a new technique.
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| Finished waist detail. |
One thing I do LOVE about this dress pattern is that I only need a yard of 50" fabric to make one. I am wearing mine to the opening of Theatre Exiles Edge of Our Bodies. I'm only working the front of the house, but I'm going to look good doing it.
