Teal Shirtdress; My third M6696!
This shirt dress was all the rage back in the day, wasn't it? And I made 3 in the end! Both the other versions are blogged already - the first was a lovely sky blue linen which ended up purple as an (successful) attempt to hide some unfortunate fabric pen disaster... The second turned out perfectly in Liberty lawn with self covered buttons to wear to the BBQ the day after my wedding... And this, it actually has a small adventure in it too! I actually have no notes on this project (oops!) so I can't remember exactly what I did, although I probably made a sz14 and took it in a tiny bit at the waist as I did with my Liberty version. I also folded out some of the excess in the back, as there is a lot of fabric there! It's definitely View B (love that gathered skirt!). I used a really lovely woven cotton which is this nice teal colour. The story is here - these were not the original buttons. I found in my stash these gorgeous wooden buttons with painted designs on ...