Monday, January 16, 2012

McCall's 6347... bubbles, bubbles, bubbles dress

McCall's 6347 view A makes a lovely cool, summery, casual dress.  This is a snap to make - two pieces for the main dress plus the tie piece.  Sew the seams, finish the neck and armhole edges, hem, make tie - so simple.  I need to make another one of these.

The fabric used is from Gorgeous Fabrics.  I bought this fabric in November 2010 and so this dress is my first entry in the fabric stash contest.   It is a polyester and was called Bubbles, bubbles, bubbles.  Loved it when I saw it, but didn't know what I was going to make from it when it arrived.  I think it works perfectly in this dress.

The photo above shows the back tied as per the pattern and below without the tie.  I plan to wear it with the tie - I think it is cute.


  One more shot of the front- spot the cat...


And for a laugh I had to show my muscles off for the photographer - he said I was scary!


I have another half finished project for the stash contest but was waiting for elastic to finish it.  In the meantime I got busy finishing a UFO.  A strippy quilt-as-you-go started many years ago.


Until next time... Ciao kittens!

10 comments:

  1. Thats a cute dress. Love the print and the back of it.

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  2. Nice dress Sue... also nice tidy productive looking sewing space. Lucky you!

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  3. Super print on the dress, and great fit on you. Love the peek inside your sewing space...

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  4. Perfect dress for showing off your muscles - you go girl!

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  5. What a great dress - the back is very cute! And check out those pipes!

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  6. Cute fun dress and it looks great on you. Pretty colors in the quilt and love your sewing room pic.

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  7. A lovely summery dress, and aren't those quilt pices just waiting for Lulu to rearrange them :)

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  8. Great dress! The style really is a perfect fit for the print. Good luck finishing up your quilt. I still have two to finish before I get to my blogiversary date in February.

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  9. Gorgeous (sorry couldn't help myself!)

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