{"id":221,"date":"2010-06-03T18:01:15","date_gmt":"2010-06-03T22:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/?p=221"},"modified":"2010-06-03T18:01:15","modified_gmt":"2010-06-03T22:01:15","slug":"ebele-finished-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/?p=221","title":{"rendered":"Ebele finished up"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve got a sick boy at home today. After a nice long stretch ear-ache free, I had to claim him from school yesterday afternoon when he came down with a fever and painful ear. We’ve got the routine down pat now since he’s prone to them . He’s also well on the road to recovery, thanks to a full day of rest and all the popsicles he can eat (which is a startling amount, frankly! :))<\/p>\n

I stayed and puttered about home today as a result and was able to finish the last of my niece’s summer sewing: a three-tiered halter dress from AS&E #83<\/a> called Ebele.<\/p>\n

\"ebele-full\"<\/p>\n

I’d given a sneak peek<\/a> a few weeks back and it only took me a few hours to put all the pieces together when I sat down and took a solid run at it, since I had many of the components done but of course, I’d put it off, moving the pieces from dell to dale as I worked on other projects, cleaned up my sewing supplies and otherwise pretended that the half-finished dress was invisible. LOL.<\/p>\n

\"ebele-side\"<\/p>\n

It’s a nice little dress and I think the pattern would work for many different types of fabric and styles, not just the dark shades the original was worked in. I chose a cowboy\/bandana print that resembles the inspiration fabric but rather than mixing my fabrics, I used the same fabric for the pleats and tiers because otherwise it was too difficult to match all the shades and avoid visual overload.<\/p>\n

\"smocking-plate-cu\"<\/p>\n

I also like how the designer handled the back of the halter dress. It’s a smooth, buttoned finish that works very nicely. Often, I see this type of dress done with elastic shirring or an elastic casing (that’s how the back of pink and white batiste top<\/a> I made was done). Of course, it’s not buttoned on Stanley – he’s too big – but on my niece, it should look very finished.<\/p>\n

\"ebele-top\"<\/p>\n

The halter straps are simply bias strips so they sewed on very quickly. I wasn’t as careful as I ought to have been, since it is only a play dress, and so I have to admit there are a few small ripples \ud83d\ude42 But I figure no one looks closely enough to be able to see it on a wiggling toddler that I can probably get away with it just this once.<\/p>\n

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