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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

By Hand London - Anna Dress

Thanks for your comments on my red shorts.  I have worn them a lot already and I have a yellow pair in the pipeline.
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As you can see, I finished my Anna Dress.  I hadn't seen this pattern until I visited the Sewbox online shop for something-or-other.  As soon as I saw it I bought the pattern.  Not because I want to make every single By Hand pattern there will ever be, just for the sake of it, but because I really like the style.

I made it in an embroidered eyelet fabric I had in my stash, but I didn't have enough for the long version, which is the one I wanted to make.  I still think I would prefer the longer version and will make it as soon as I have the fabric.  Having said that, I do really like this dress a lot, even though it's not the long version.  I chopped about 9 cm off the length of this, as it was a frumpy in between length on me otherwise.

This is such a quick make, it really is.  It didn't take me much more than a couple of hours.  As usual for By Hand, this pattern is well drafted, and comes together perfectly.  I would like to make a couple more of these.  This is a simple but stylish dress that skims the body in just the right places!  The armholes are roomy enough to be cool but not enough to show my undies, and I really like the shape of the sleeves a lot.  The best bit, though, are those pleats under the bust.  Just look!  Perfect.  Actually, I might make a top out of the bodice.  Hmm...

I took so many photos, trying to get some detail to show in the black fabric.  In the end, I had to put the dress on my dress form and photograph it in my undies, after some jiggling with the camera light metering.
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Here are some more photos:
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Sucking everything in for a (sort of ) side view!

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12 comments:

  1. Gorgeous. Again. You make such pretty clothes.

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  2. i love it... it didn't seem like much when i first saw the pattern but you made me change my mind...thanks. you look great in it

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    1. Thanks! I hope you try it, I'd like to see your version.

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  3. Lovely dress and very nice fabric. You look very good in it!
    Too bad it is so difficult to capture black on camera.

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    1. Thanks! I'm a sucker for the black fabric lately!

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  4. I really like the length of that on you. Somehow I've missed seeing this pattern before but I think I like it the best of the By Hand ones now.

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    1. Thanks Catherine.

      I think I actually got the length right, for a change.

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  5. I like the shape of the neckline and sleeves. Very similar to the dress I've just made, but this pattern has more interesting things going on below the waist.

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    1. I like the neckline and sleeves, too. And the sleeves were so easy! Yay!

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  6. Perfect! I ran off and made three Anna's straight away!

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