Hi everybody!
This is my very first post and I hope this will work
So yes I'm from Germany and yes I'm from Bavaria, but no, this was not made to wear it at the Oktoberfest (I do not intend to go there, it's expensive, too crowded and there are way too many drunk people)
It's been a while ago when I made my very own and special Dirndl that no one else has. And of course: there had to be strawberries
I found a dirndl pattern at the flee market for only 30 cents, the fabric is from Ikea, so the whole thing was around 15 Euros (around 21 dollar). ("cheap" dirndls in the store are around 90 Euros!)
I'm not that new to sewing, but usually I have to open seems, sew them again and reopen them again. Often my works stay unfinished because I loose interest while opening and sewing one seam the 1000. time
But: this dress, the apron and the blouse only took a weekend to make. I didn't make any big mistakes and it really went on fast.
It was the first time that I stitched that much. And fortunately: no blood actually dropped on the fabric
Here are pictures of the finished Dirndl. I think I'll make a new blouse. This one is a little too big, and if I don't pay attention (what could happen after the second "Maß" beer
) you can see... well... actually... my boobs would slip out of the dress
And here some pictures of the finished dress, apron and blouse:
Close-up of the stitching on the bust. It was the first time that I stitched that much. And fortunately: no blood actually dropped on the fabric
More close-ups
The whole dirndl. Here you can see the red apron and the stitching on the hem (that really seemed to take forever! I wanted to wear it on a fair and worked on it the whole night before! .. ok not the whole night, but it felt like forever
)
Tell me what you think about it
