4 years ago
Hello! I’m super excited to share about making the Cinema dress by Liesl and Co. This time around I used a lovely, 100% linen fabric from Minerva. If you are a regular reader of my projects you may notice that I have made this dress before. I’ll share links here to my previous version:
https://www.minerva.com/posts/1064215
https://www.minerva.com/posts/1064218
I also used for this project a 100% linen fabric base. I really love wearing linen year round. With hot weather coming up for me, I especially love wearing linen in the heat. This fabric base is not quite as lightweight as the previous one that I used. I went with the petrol color and it’s a really complex color. It’s hard to read in photos but I would call it a murky blue, meaning that in the most complementary way. I love wearing blue so to find a unique and different tone of blue was quite a fun surprise.
I have been resistant of finding my own Tried and True patterns for awhile now. What I mean by that is I love the process of making a “new to me” pattern! I enjoy trying a “new to me” construction, a “new to me” designer, or a garment style that I’ve never worn before. That said, at this point in my sewing journey I’m in a place where I appreciate finding my own tried and true patterns. I love the time saving element of reusing a pattern that I’ve made before. Not having to make a muslin, trace out the pattern or be concerned about fit is a very nice luxury. So I would say for me, this pattern is a tried-and-true pattern for me.
Pattern version and mods:
Version A: Shorter length (length details in the next post).
Sleeve: Shortened the sleeve (length details in the next post). With this fabric being medium weight, I wanted to make it shorter for summer wear.
Cuff: I omitted the cuff detail from the sleeves.
Front yoke: I used a contrasting, printed linen fabric for the front yoke. This was fabric that I had in my stash. I previously made a muslin with this yoke as the front and the same fabric as the back. I decided to unpick the back as I had not selected a button detail previously and wanted to add that in this dress.
Size:
Although I reused the traced pattern from my previous dresses, I thought I’d reshare how I approached the sizing.
My dimensions: High Bust - 33”, Full Bust - 36”, Waist - 32.5”, Hips - 40”
Pattern Body Measurements: Bust - 4, Waist - 10, Hips - 10
Pattern piece sizing:
Front Skirt: 4
Back Skirt: 4
Front Side Panel: 4/10
Back Side Panel: 4/10
Front Yoke: 4
Back Yoke:4
Sleeve: 4/6
There is a very helpful sew-a-long on the Oliver and S website for this dress. The instructions in the pattern are well written, however, I appreciated cross referencing the sew-a-long photos as I made this dress again:
https://oliverands.com/community/labels/cinema-dress-sew-along
I serged each of the inside seams to finish the inside of the dress.
One element I wanted to include while making this dress was using up scraps. As I was cutting out the pattern pieces, I decided to seam two smaller pieces of fabric together for the inside back yokes. Making this choice helped leave larger sections of uncut fabric for a future project. I also decided to pair the leftover fabric from this project to make another free range pants by Sew House seven. I was in the test group for this pattern and really enjoy it! I decided to leave the fabric out along with the pattern to prevent this lovely leftover fabric from sitting in my stash, unused.
The buttons were a fun detail for me with this version of the dress. For my previous version, I omitted the buttons on the back yoke. You can technically wear the dress without the buttons in the back. That said, the back on my previous version is a tiny bit tight on me (as I lean forward). I wanted to include the buttons in this version. I also love the decorative element that buttons offer. As I put this dress on or take it off, the buttons can remain buttoned (on me).
https://www.minerva.com/posts/1064215
https://www.minerva.com/posts/1064218
I also used for this project a 100% linen fabric base. I really love wearing linen year round. With hot weather coming up for me, I especially love wearing linen in the heat. This fabric base is not quite as lightweight as the previous one that I used. I went with the petrol color and it’s a really complex color. It’s hard to read in photos but I would call it a murky blue, meaning that in the most complementary way. I love wearing blue so to find a unique and different tone of blue was quite a fun surprise.
I have been resistant of finding my own Tried and True patterns for awhile now. What I mean by that is I love the process of making a “new to me” pattern! I enjoy trying a “new to me” construction, a “new to me” designer, or a garment style that I’ve never worn before. That said, at this point in my sewing journey I’m in a place where I appreciate finding my own tried and true patterns. I love the time saving element of reusing a pattern that I’ve made before. Not having to make a muslin, trace out the pattern or be concerned about fit is a very nice luxury. So I would say for me, this pattern is a tried-and-true pattern for me.
Pattern version and mods:
Version A: Shorter length (length details in the next post).
Sleeve: Shortened the sleeve (length details in the next post). With this fabric being medium weight, I wanted to make it shorter for summer wear.
Cuff: I omitted the cuff detail from the sleeves.
Front yoke: I used a contrasting, printed linen fabric for the front yoke. This was fabric that I had in my stash. I previously made a muslin with this yoke as the front and the same fabric as the back. I decided to unpick the back as I had not selected a button detail previously and wanted to add that in this dress.
Size:
Although I reused the traced pattern from my previous dresses, I thought I’d reshare how I approached the sizing.
My dimensions: High Bust - 33”, Full Bust - 36”, Waist - 32.5”, Hips - 40”
Pattern Body Measurements: Bust - 4, Waist - 10, Hips - 10
Pattern piece sizing:
Front Skirt: 4
Back Skirt: 4
Front Side Panel: 4/10
Back Side Panel: 4/10
Front Yoke: 4
Back Yoke:4
Sleeve: 4/6
There is a very helpful sew-a-long on the Oliver and S website for this dress. The instructions in the pattern are well written, however, I appreciated cross referencing the sew-a-long photos as I made this dress again:
https://oliverands.com/community/labels/cinema-dress-sew-along
I serged each of the inside seams to finish the inside of the dress.
One element I wanted to include while making this dress was using up scraps. As I was cutting out the pattern pieces, I decided to seam two smaller pieces of fabric together for the inside back yokes. Making this choice helped leave larger sections of uncut fabric for a future project. I also decided to pair the leftover fabric from this project to make another free range pants by Sew House seven. I was in the test group for this pattern and really enjoy it! I decided to leave the fabric out along with the pattern to prevent this lovely leftover fabric from sitting in my stash, unused.
The buttons were a fun detail for me with this version of the dress. For my previous version, I omitted the buttons on the back yoke. You can technically wear the dress without the buttons in the back. That said, the back on my previous version is a tiny bit tight on me (as I lean forward). I wanted to include the buttons in this version. I also love the decorative element that buttons offer. As I put this dress on or take it off, the buttons can remain buttoned (on me).