Friday, October 10, 2008

Riffs on the Peasant Dress

This basic peasant top pattern from Just Tutes can easily morph into an endless variety things--tops or dresses, long-sleeved or short-sleeved, with border hems or appliques. Some tinkering resulted in this flared sleeve dress with a Little Red Riding Hood motif:


And this puffy-sleeved number with bus and house appliques:
The simple patterns is great for showing off cute prints; these Japanese fabrics are from Repro Depot. I am still working on perfecting this pattern, so expect more variations on the peasant top theme soon...

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