Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Tuesday Project Roundup: Japanese Print Edition

For as much as I like Japanese prints, I don't sew with them them very much (I think the last clothing item I made in such a print was a shirt last June?). That's a shame, because Japanese prints make anything better--even a comfy knit dress:
(You can get a close up of the print here.)

I used a Simplicity pattern and just tweaked the sleeves on view F so they would be squarer and shorter, for more of a kimono feel:
This is even brighter in person--which is fine with me!

3 comments:

Kara said...

This is so beyond cute.

Erin said...

This is stunning. I want one for me. Badly.

Jessica C--The Happy and Healthy Blog said...

Cute! How long did it take you to make it? The process would have been about a dozen blog posts for me :)