Abstract Summer Dress for the Abstract Garden Blog Hop

Abstract Summer Dress for the Abstract Garden Blog Hop

Christa Watson is amazing. She has always been so supportive of me, answered a million and five questions about business stuff, and even will FaceTime with me when I am stuck on something in EQ8. She is just the best ever. So talented and so kind. I am so excited to share my Abstract Summer dress I made using Christa’s new fabric line Abstract Garden.

A sweet friend gave me a dress last summer that I love wearing. It is flattering but still super comfortable. I get complements every time I wear it. So I have wanted to make a similar style dress for quiet some time. I knew this print from Abstract Garden was the perfect print for this dress.

It is the best dress for Florida summers. So easy to throw on and head out to the pool. Put on a cardigan to dine outside in the summer air. I think a jean jacket with this print would be so cute as well. It is just my favorite dress.

I traced out the dress I love with the green print being the main fabric and to do a facing for the bodice and the straps I used the pebble print. I am so in love with the cute pebble print and all of the colors and shapes. I just kind of made it all up as I went making the dress but I think it turned out so well. I can’t wait after the fabric softens up from a couple of washes.

The sides of the skirt were a little wider than the fabric width so I made it work. I do this a lot in sewing garments. I make it work. I sewed on extra fabric then used a decorative stitch on my Janome Skyline S9 using Sulky’s Cotton and Steel 50 wt thread in gold.

I can’t wait for more of this sun. I miss summer. This dress will be my uniform soon!

Go check out more projects on the Benartex fabric site. Also you can check out Christa’s post on the blog hop as well.

If you would like to win a fat quarter bundle of Christa’s Abstract Garden fabric line just leave a comment. US winners only. Sorry international peeps. I will pick a winner on Wednesday, February 20th, 2019.

MS episode 183: Corey Yoder from Coriander Quilts and Moda Fabric Designer

MS episode 183: Corey Yoder from Coriander Quilts and Moda Fabric Designer

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Stephanie’s Recommendations:

Reading: Southern Motherhood Magazine

Cooking: Pioneer Woman Cinnamon Rolls

Fabric: AMH Conservatory

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