Friday’s Finished Object: The Knockoff dress

I have an obssession with dresses these days.  The summer heat is quickly approaching and nothing beats a dress in the summer.  I saw this dress on Neiman Marcus.

 

I have the NewLook 6980 pattern and already made two dresses from it and knew it was perfect for this dress.  I tried finding a similar border fabric but couldn’t.  I managed to find a cute viscose/cotton blend for the skirt and used a stretch knit for the top part.

All in all it turned out great and I can’t wait to wear it.

And yes, the picture doesn’t do the dress any kind of justice but it is the best I could do 🙂


11 responses to “Friday’s Finished Object: The Knockoff dress”

  1. Sinar says:

    I love dresses too, and I love this one a lot kaman …
    way to go, u r getting better and better 😉

    • jessyz says:

      Thank you. It just needs a nice orange cardigan and a scarf.
      I am really bad at shopping, making stuff is so much easier

  2. It’s lovely ma sha Allah! Great for the summer!

  3. Fiona says:

    That’s lovely – I’ll keep an eye out for that pattern as I could use a new summer dress (or two) too!

    • jessyz says:

      Thank you, I am still looking for different patterns too, and maxi dresses are so in these days

  4. renee says:

    hi love the knock out dress my daughter would love it too might make it thanx for the site

  5. Andrea says:

    Love the fabric! It is so hard to get great pictures of dresses.

  6. Looks good! the only difference in the pattern that I can see is the absence of the band under the bust – but a belt there would do the trick! 🙂