As my sister's wedding quickly approached, I knew my girls would want a new fancy dress for the rehearsal. When I saw Fete to be Tied by Duchess and Hare filling my feed on Facebook, I knew this was just the dress for this joyous occasion. This dress comes in both extra twirly circle skirt and maxi lengths. The real showstopper is the strappy rouleau back that looks like you spent hours creating, but takes just minutes. At just $7.50 for sizes 2-10, it's a fantastic deal.
As we went shopping for new fabric (because fabric from you stash is never what you're looking for...lol) my oldest came across this Paris fabric. My sister has promised my girls a trip to Paris when they get older so there was no hesitation that this was the perfect fabric. As most Walmart stores seem to be clearancing their fabric, my local Walmart has received bolts and bolts of new fabrics. This happened to be one of them!!
This back is my most favorite!! If you're like me and blending very different sizes (4 chest, 7 length), be sure to sew a muslin first. Because the pattern piece wraps around the back, I found it a bit more challenging to blend. It comes together really quickly though!! (To make my muslin even faster, I used ribbon in lieu of the rouleau straps.)
I chose not to sew the circle skirt on this one because my daughter really wanted all those Eiffel Towers standing upright. I just popped on a gathered skirt using the length of the circle skirt and the width of the maxi as my guide.
My youngest found this very lightweight mystery fabric with a slight tie-dye vibe. I lined the top with regular quilting cotton just to give it some structure. When I tackled the double circle skirt, the lack of structure in the fabric became a bit of a pitfall. No matter how hard I tried to cut it just right, the portions that hung on the bias hung lower than the rest. So I ran back to Walmart and grabbed some more fabric and used the length of the circle skirt pattern piece as my length guide and cut 2 pieces the entire width of fabric for extra fullness. It's a very lightweight fabric so it didn't really add bulk to the waist despite being really gathered.
Another swoon-worthy back! I think it was everyone's favorite part. It kind of like having your cake and eating it too -- looks gorgeous, but also very comfortable for the hot Summer heat.
The twirl was the best part!! As much as my youngest loved twirling in that extra full circle skirt, this one is almost just as good and my perfectionist heart is happy with the even hem. HA!!
I know this pattern will be used over and over. It's surprisingly a fast sew and those rouleau straps are so easy!! (I want to put them on everything!) I also love that you can sew a maxi or knee length skirt. I'm off to look for some cotton so I can sew that extra full circle skirt now!!
Everyone ooh'd and aah'd over their dresses, especially the backs. My girls felt very fancy, yet uber comfortable!
P.S. My youngest had shoes but failed to mention until we were getting ready that her shoes were too small despite just wearing them a month prior for a different event. So yeah, she carried them. LOL
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