Sewing a house dress

Now that the evenings are getting colder, I am in need of a dress I can lounge around in without it looking
like I am wearing pyjamas. Something comfy, cuddly and warm.

I couldn't find anything that I liked at the shops.

What I did find was a nice, soft, grey, velvety kind of fabric in the reduced bin of a fabric store.

Unfortunately I am crap not the best when it comes to sewing.

So if you know how to sew my methods will probably either alarm or amuse you. But it did get the job done,
and I now have a (grey!) dress for chilly evenings and lazy Sundays.


Here is what I did:



First I looked in my cupboard for a dress that had more or less the form that I wanted.

 I drew the outlines and cut it out:

I also cut out four pieces of fabric for the pockets:

Then I started with the neckline, folding the fabric and sewing it in place (I accidentally rolled it in the wrong way around, so the left side was showing (see what I meant earlier?) but decided then that I liked the effect of the light grey against the darker color:

The left side, or what it was supposed to look like on the right :-):

Then I cut some sleeves, again using another piece of clothing as a guideline:

Then I sewed it all together.

It wasn't quite as quick as this sounds now. The pockets for once had me baffled for a long time. How to do that? Finally I figured it out (after taking the seams I made apart again three times...).


I asked Eva to take some pics, but she was a lot more interested in taking pictures of the puppy:

So I had to take matters into my own hands:

A beautiful Thursday to you!


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