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Monday, September 28, 2015

+bound+ staple dress and a giveaway! | 30 Days of Sewing with Art Gallery Fabrics


Hello and welcome to any new readers that have come over from Art Gallery Fabrics! As you probably know by now, September is National Sewing Month and when Art Gallery asked me to create something to help them celebrate I said sure! I decided to step outside of my comfort zone in the spirit of learning new ways to sew. I've made a couple garments in the past but they've always been out of quilting cotton and once out of a home dec weight fabric, so I selected a knit fabric and a pattern that I've been wanting to make for myself for a while, the Staple Dress by April Rhodes. The fabric is coincidentally by April Rhodes, too - the print is called painting morale and it's from her new collection for Art Gallery called +bound+. I've loved everything April has designed since her first collection, Arizona, and this collection is just as beautiful. I love the muted colors and organic, nature inspired designs.


After reading through the pattern I decided to enlist someone to hold my hand throughout the garment making process. With my limited experience with sewing clothing I didn't want to ruin this beautiful fabric! So I got in touch with my friend and sewing teacher Lorraine, and she agreed to help me one night a few weeks ago. I was familiar with Art Gallery quilting cottons already and I love them - they feel soft and luxurious compared to lots of other quilting cottons, and I fell in love with this knit, too. I cut and sewed up the whole thing in one night, albeit a very late night, with Lorraine's help along the way ;) The dress is so comfortable and easy to wear, and I think it's a great transition piece as we head into fall here in New England. I've worn it with sandals, these flats, and I plan to wear it with tall brown boots, too!

+GIVEAWAY+ [CLOSED]

The winner is instagram usedr @tinkerellen!

I love learning new methods of sewing, techniques, and how to use different materials and tools and this project helped educate me in many ways. I sewed with knit fabric to make a garment for the first time, and I used elastic thread to create the shirring at the waist which was really fun! For a chance to win some Art Gallery knit fabric of your own, tell me your what you'd like to learn about sewing! Let me know in the comments section (here or on my instagram post about this giveaway) to enter to win 3 yards of Katarina Roccella's Morse Dot Blue in knit from her Imprints collection so you can make your own Staple Dress, courtesy of Art Gallery Fabrics.  Make sure you check out the Art Gallery Fabrics app (available for android and IOS) for ideas on what to make, too! Giveaway ends Thursday, October 1st at midnight; a winner will be selected randomly and announced here and on instagram on Friday morning. Anonymous comments will be disregarded so please make sure you include your email so I can contact you. The winner must respond within three days or an alternate will be chosen. Open to US residents.


This blog post is sponsored by Art Gallery Fabrics; all opinions are my own. Thanks also to Lorraine for sharing her time and knowledge of sewing, and to my husband Matt for taking these pictures!

7 comments:

  1. love the dress! great work, Tara! I'd love to be able to learn how to sew a skirt. I've done some quilting and random, small house projects, but my main reason for starting to sew was because I wanted to make my own skirts and dresses! I've located some patterns, and had my eye on some fabrics, now I just have to sit down and get to work :)

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  2. Great job, Tara! This dress fits you so perfectly! I've made a few skirts for myself in the past and also a few for Fiona but I would really love to learn how to make little girl dresses. Fiona and Penelope would look so cute in matching dresses!

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  3. I would really love to learn how to make pants correctly. LOL! I sew for a living (I'm an artist), but pants are just way over my head. Thank you for the wonderful giveaway.
    Erin
    ErinLoves2Run at gmail dot com

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  4. The dress is so cute. I love this fabric :).shivercarla at gmail dot com

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  5. I want to learn how to quilt!! Thanks for having this giveaway!

    awesomeabby08@gmail.com

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  6. My next sewing goal is to make a nicely fitted and detailed pair of jeans. That's one clothing item I have yet to attempt.

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  7. Wonderful fabric design. I love this! I found another fabric store which is Broadway Fabrics.

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