Easy Summer Dress Patterns

As I get into the swing of sewing summer dresses I wanted to show some of the patterns I may be using. These patterns are not exclusive to what I may use, since I have over several hundred patterns, but more along the lines of the simple style I am going for with the fabric I had shown earlier, see again below, or original post.

This McCall's 5997 pattern is from1992 and I love the princess line, flared skirt and knee-length, which would flatter my body. Since some of the fabric is a border print, I may play around with bringing the border down one side or mixing the smaller print with the larger. Should be fun.

Left: McCall's 9791 from 1969 is a front or back wrap dress and would also be fun to mix the large and small prints. I like how view A ties, but would also want it knee-length.

Right: Vogue 7684 no date, but 70s/80s is a very comfy tent or trapeze dress, that neckline slit looks low, I may do a few button and lower the round collar a bit.


 

 Left:  New Look, Simplicity 6244 from 2003. Another easy and simple summer dress. I like the little tie at the bust. This dress can have a multitude of design possibilities with the fabric. I think it would look better in the silk type fabrics than the cotton I have, but I do like the style.

Right: Simplicity 5561 from 1973. Another princess line in a halter top style, this pattern is to small for me, but they always made patterns larger and allowed for 2" ease sometimes. If I made it I would need to adjust the size a bit. I think it is a really cute dress and great for summer.

 The cheetah chiffon print fabric below I thought would look good in the black version of this McCall's 9368 blouse pattern from1984. I like the boat neckline and dolman sleeves. I would rather have elastic on the cuff with perhaps a bit of a small ruffle. I don't wear animal prints, but I do like them, so why not give it a try. Since the fabric is sheer I would wear it over a black tank top.

 

So, here are my next few sewing project. So what do you think, any suggestions, or favorites?

And, while I'm at it I want to show off a couple of earrings I made this week.

I found these Czech glass beads at my local bead shop, some folks came in and were having a trunk show. The beads remind me of fire in a bottle. The cabochons are a dark garnet, the drops are ruby glass cullets.  I sort have got into a goth mood and added the red drops. I started out Victorian and moved into Dark Shadows.

Simple black beads. I picked up the onyx cabochon for the red fire Czech beads, but used the garnets instead, so since I had lots of black beads, these seemed to work really well, I love black jewelry.

 Thanks for taking a peek and hoping to post some finished dresses and other fun projects soon.