Every year I chose my Easter dress pattern and embroidery at the beginning of Lent. I then work on it and any other spiritual goals I may have until the big day arrives. I am joined by my entire family who tries to take advantage of this seasonal opportunity. It is often a chore, especially when the weather is so dreary. But prayerful persistence is rewarded with a colorful riot of creativity and design on Easter morning when it all manifests itself in embroidery, clothes, icons, pysanky, decorative breads and other delicious food. It is funny how my father (who is the only non-Ukrainian among us), seems to appreciate it more than any of us
This year, I chose Burdastyle’s 08/2017 #120 dress for the pattern and blush linen for the textile.
I began by finishing the embroidery on linen first before I transferred all the pattern pieces to paper. Note that if I hadn’t included embroidery, I would have used a different textile for this pattern, because the wrinkly linen did not look good with the bias seams and front pleats. But despite this, the dress is really cute, the pockets are useful, and the wrinkly linen looked better in person than in photos. If I have time, I’ll make this dress again with Ponte.
I used size 36. It fit well, but if I were to make it again with a woven cloth, I would probably make it a size 38, as it was a bit too snug for my taste and comfort.
Happy Easter!
(Photos of the floral Easter jacket coming soon!)
The linen dress was a bit wrinkled after the 3 hour Easter service and mass.
Work in progress photos
