Friday, September 25, 2015

MAGAM Sept Project Done! A CopyCat Tweed Dress for Fall/Winter 2015

Finally, after more hours than I had anticipated, the CopyCat Tweed Dress is done!

To recap, this was the inspiration photo I found on eBay:


I didn't have the exact pink tweed and blue trim, etc, in my stash. I wanted to use up my stash fabric so I picked a dark green tweed and a purple wool and some burgundy trim for this dress. I also used a stash pattern New Look 6779 (size 14). And this is the result:

(I guess I should have ironed it more before taking the pictures.)
In the inspiration photo, the neckline and the pockets were trimmed with blue trim. I used a stash burgundy velvet pipping for the neckline and around the pockets:




I used size 14 instead of the size 12 that I had previously used due to the fact that the wool fabrics are thicker and I was to fully lined the dress. I omitted the hem band that was in the inspiration because I think it would cut me off and may make me look shorter. I have used the sewing pattern before a few times (see here). It's a very easy to make dress. However, since I decided to make the dress fully lined (tweed wool can be itchy), as well as adding the pipping, the dress took much more time than I had expected to make. Regardless, I'm very happy with the result:


The weather is already getting cooler so I'm hoping to wear this dress in the next couple of weeks. Can't wait!

My review for this pattern is here.

12 comments:

  1. I think you are spot on with your dress. Looks great.

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    1. Thanks Lauren! I'm looking forward to wearing this dress!

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  2. You should be pleased with the result - it looks great. A lined dress always does - and with all the detailing, it's not surprising it took time :)

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    1. Thanks Sarah Liz! It took a while to do but the details do make the dress more unique!

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  3. Nicky, what a terrific looking dress! Superb job on the knock-off.

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    1. Thanks Heathers Sphere! It was actually an easy dress to knock off!

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  4. Great looking dress and you did a fantastic job in all its details.

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    1. Thanks Lisa! It's the first time I had done piping on a dress before and I'm just happy that it looked okay in the end.

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