I have been wanting to try this for a long time! After searching for a good lace for a few months, I found one I could live with. It has good drape, and isn’t stiff like many of the laces I came across. There are some gnarley, stiff laces out there, people! To make this...
It feels like I’ve been waiting forever for this pattern to come out! After seeing a glimpse of April’s on her Instagram feed, I knew I’d be making a Date Night Dress. So I ordered some of Anna Maria‘s Field Study rayon and waited. And waited. And then finally it was released! I was taping...
I made a Staple Dress for my youngest sister. I thought she needed a new, fun dress to wear to a camp she attended recently, and I had the fabric, which I knew would be the perfect color on her. It really is the perfect shade of mint. Doesn’t she look cute? I added a...
Good morning! I’m excited to show you my latest Staple Dress that I made for a dear friend. I had wanted to make her a Staple Dress for a while, and when she let me know how much she loved my chambray version, I knew what I was going to do. For the Liberty trim...
Today I’m showing off yet another Staple Dress. I made this one for my sister out of the solid chambray from Robert Kaufman’s Chambray Union. And like my last Staple Dress, I added bits of Liberty detail because nothing makes a garment more special than a little Liberty. Emilee’s Staple Dress is almost identical to...
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Love your lace staple! I made one out of lace awhile ago. I decided not to line my dress because I wanted the lace to be “see-through” for the dropped hem part. I was going to just make a slip to wear under it, but on a whim I tried a nude tank top and slip with it and you couldn’t even tell. It looked like it was part of the dress. I skipped the shirring because I was afraid it wouldn’t work with the lace and just belted it. I found my lace at fabric.com. It was less than $10 a yard! It may not be the best quality, but I am very happy with it’s appearance. I have also purchased some great lace from a shop called “lace fabric” on etsy. They are located in California. Great customer service! Check out my lace staple on my blog!
http://sewcharleston.wordpress.com/2013/08/12/first-post-first-of-many-staple-dresses-by-april-rhodes/
It is a beautiful version! So delicate in the lace. If I ever come across a good lace, I may try it myself!
Now I want to cancel my to-do list and make a lace version of The Staple Dress. No matter that I don’t have any lace on hand. I’m on a mission now. This is beautiful. Great job. And the photography is just as beautiful. Props to your photographer. :)
Your dress looks great! I went to Joann’s to search for some lace to use on my own lace staple dress and everything they had was scratchy and stiff. Yuck. My search continues… ;)