Fashion Plate: Pretty on the Park Bench

 

This week's ModCloth inspiration is the Pretty on the Park Bench dress in skulls.   The skulls on the fabric are very understated in my opinion.  I think this dress could look flattering on many people, with or without the waistband sash.  The pattern I chose for this look is Butterick 5918.  Omit that hip sash on version A or B and you have a great likeness for the base of the ModCloth dress.

Butterick isn't a pattern company I look to much, but there are some cool designs I'm just seeing for the first time.

 

B6016

 

B6019 

 

B6031

I wish more pattern companies would make "trendy" (I hate to use that word, but it's the only one I can think of) separates patterns.  I seem to only find dress patterns that I would like to make.

Leave me a comment if there is a ModCloth hack you need help with.  Happy Tuesday!

Fashion Plate: Vivacious and Vibrant

 

Something totally new!  This is ModCloth's Vivacious and Vibrant dress.   I chose a beautiful turquoise rayon challis for the fabric.  I'm not terribly in love with the fixed white waistband of this ModCloth dress.  I think adding a simple ribbon belt would be much better. That way you can change the look as you want.  Brown belt and cowboy boots?  Perfect.  Red belt and patent pumps?  Done.  White waistband all the time?  Not so great.  I found New Look 6567 for this Fashion Plate.  What do you think?

Fashion Plate: As Days Go Binary

This cutout neckline dress must be the style of the spring.  ModCloth has loads of dresses in this same silhouette.  It makes it easy for me to make new Fashion Plates!  This is ModCloth's As Days Go Binary dress.  The fabric is Kaufman's Plug and Play Circuit Board in navy, though the same fabric is available in green if that's more your style.  I'm using New Look 6020 again.  Why change a good thing?  The ModCloth dress has pockets.  I find that side seam pockets are very easy to add to a pattern.  Perhaps I'll write up a tutorial for that in the near future.  It is super simple.

I'll be on the lookout for a totally different silhouette for next week.  :)