I bought the fabric and trim for this dress long before I had any idea that I was going to throw a robot party extravaganza. But since it takes me months to get around to any of my sewing projects, the robot party was a fresh idea when I was putting it together and it just seemed right to do some applique. The fabric is a
white dotted swiss with yellow dots that I just adore.
The pattern is a vintage
Simplicity pattern 6241 from 1974 (a great year, I must say). It was an absolute breeze to put together and it fits really well. As with most crew neck patterns, I had to take the collar down about 1". I also straightened out the curved lines at the side seams to make it more A-line.
The robot applique is my own design based loosely on the
robots I was sewing for my Etsy shop back in 2006. I pasted the pattern below. You can read my applique tutorial in detail
here. The embroidery is mostly a backstitch. I included the legs but as you can see, I used ric rack instead and it gives a really nice feel to the piece.
I bought the fabric and trim for this dress long before I had any idea that I was going to throw a robot party extravaganza. But since it takes me months to get around to any of my sewing projects, the robot party was a fresh idea when I was putting it together and it just seemed right to do some applique. The fabric is a white dotted swiss with yellow dots that I just adore.
The pattern is a vintage Simplicity pattern 6241 from 1974 (a great year, I must say). It was an absolute breeze to put together and it fits really well. As with most crew neck patterns, I had to take the collar down about 1". I also straightened out the curved lines at the side seams to make it more A-line.
The robot applique is my own design based loosely on the robots I was sewing for my Etsy shop back in 2006. I pasted the pattern below. You can read my applique tutorial in detail here. The embroidery is mostly a backstitch. I included the legs but as you can see, I used ric rack instead and it gives a really nice feel to the piece.
4 comments:
That little robot dress is SO CUTE!! Thank you for sharing the pattern! I blogged about it at Craft Gossip Sewing:
http://sewing.craftgossip.com/free-pattern-robot-applique/2010/05/29/
--Anne
That is way cute, thanks for making it available! The robot party looked like a smashing success. :)
Very sweet. I love how you've made robots cool for girls.
I love the rick rack legs, haha! The dress is adorable and I'm always a fan of dotted swiss.
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