Pattern modification project

I saw this dress on an european online shop and I fall in love with it!

An A-Line dress from Italian Designer Imperial with short raglan sleeves in a wool fabric.

The last piece on the online shop was a size 8 :-( too small for me!













I particulary love the sleeves!!!
Pleats from the sleeves at the neckline.


I could try to make it myself , or not?

I must find a pattern from a A-Line Dress with raglan dress and modify the sleeves pattern.

I maybe could use this pattern : Vogue 1150

I have begun to modify the sleeves but  they start lower as I thought.
At first I must modify it and then I can try to make modifications to have wider sleeves at the neckline!

Hmm... I'm curious about it!

Inspiration from Japan!

I discovered following book thanks the review from VeryPrairie by Pattern review.com.

Thanks a lot VeryPrairie!!!

So many inspirations from bizarre :- ) to Haute Couture pattern!

This book "Pattern Magic" vol. 1 from Tamoko Nakamichi is recently translated into english.
The book vol.2 shall be translated in February 2011.

I became the book for e few days, I haven't read the book yet , I only paged through it.


I think I brought some time to understand exactly how to do the pattern, but it doesn't matter.. when I decide which pattern I want to make it will be irrelevant!


                                             

        

Here are  a few pictures from my favorites patterns!

an adorable dress with oversized bow!
This dress made VeryPrairie, very cute!!                   

 

a draped dress... perhaps in a different fabric and color?

and this funny dress ... definitly  not for every day :-)
but very interesting!

and my favorite dress!!!
I don't know if I will sew it, but I love it!:-)

a dress with another hole

There are not only dress pattern, but sleeves ant top pattern too.

Hier a turned top for example.

I 'm looking forward to the Volume 2! :-)

A new dress ... for winter!

The weather is getting cold!
I needed a dress but a wool dress because I'm always cold! :-)




I bought this Vogue pattern last year: V8593
and I wanted to make the dress with a fabric who keeps a little warm.


I choose the dress version with 3/4 length sleeves.

 

I found last week a lightweight knit wool in a grey color, they didn't have a big choice an colors, but it's geat.

I cut the top in size 10 and at the waist and hips size 12, not to close fitting at the hips :-(

I usually make FBA but with the knit fabric I didn't need it.

This dress is very confortable!
I was making some dress pictures for the blogg but I couldn't take the dress off ... so confortable! :-)

The dress has back and elbows darts and an invisible zipper.

About the pleats... hmm... it's not the same pleats as the pattern :-(

I marked the pleats at the wrong side... so that the pleats are going to the wrong direction :-)

It realized it too late, but it doesn't matter, anyway it's ok!