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Apr
27

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Brooklyn Pattern Co., Franklin Dress {Sutures and Sandpaper}


Kerry, from Sutures and Sandpaper, is here to give you her “Flipped Creation”
for the Brooklyn Pattern Company, Franklin Dress.

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Brooklyn Pattern Co., Franklin Dress {sewn by: Sutures and Sandpaper}

 Thanks for asking me to participate in this month’s Flip This Pattern!! I blog over at Sutures & Sandpaper (though admittedly not nearly as often as I’d like to).

 

 I am thrilled to be sharing my flips of the Franklin Dress Pattern from Brooklyn Patterns. Firstly, I spent a very, very long time thinking “how can I flip this, I love it as it is”. My “Flip” inspiration came largely from our weather. Technically it is Autumn, but most days are still reaching the 30’s (degrees Celsius). Here in sunny Queensland we rarely need warm clothing and layering is key. So I opted to flip this cute pattern into two pieces that can be layered for cooler weather.

First I made the dress into a sleeveless dress with bubble skirt, and moved the opening to the back. 

Brooklyn Pattern Co., Franklin Dress {sewn by: Sutures and Sandpaper}

Then I used the bodice piece and sleeve piece and with some creative editing, made a little bolero to go with the dress.

Brooklyn Pattern Co., Franklin Dress {sewn by: Sutures and Sandpaper}

Making the closure at the back was easy with this pattern, as it has the centre front line marked on it!! So no guesswork… I just cut the front outer piece on the fold. I added enough for a button placket and some seam allowance to the centre of the back pieces. I then constructed the bodice as I would any bodice for a dress. 

Brooklyn Pattern Co., Franklin Dress {sewn by: Sutures and Sandpaper}

Brooklyn Pattern Co., Franklin Dress {sewn by: Sutures and Sandpaper}

For the bubble skirt effect, I cut the outer dress using the pattern pieces then cut another skirt front and back, from my lining fabric, but made them approximately 1″ shorter at the hem. I then attached the outer skirt and lining to each other at the hem wrong sides facing and attached some elastic to the seam allowance. I kept the pockets because Eloise LOVES pockets. For the top part of the skirt that formed the under arms, I turned the seam allowances under and stitched them together (though an easier way would have been to use bias tape). 

Brooklyn Pattern Co., Franklin Dress {sewn by: Sutures and Sandpaper}

The bolero was very quick to make. I used the sleeve pieces and added a cuff to give a bit more length. The front and back pieces I made by using the bodice pattern and redrafting the shape into a cute cropped bolero shape. 

I was keen to make it largely black and white to coordinate with Eloise’s panda shoes, and Eloise was keen to have pink included so we reached a compromise.

And Voila, a sweet sleeveless bubble dress and cropped bolero :)

Brooklyn Pattern Co., Franklin Dress {sewn by: Sutures and Sandpaper}

It was quite warm on the day we took the pics so she didn’t wear the bolero for long.

Brooklyn Pattern Co., Franklin Dress {sewn by: Sutures and Sandpaper}

Brooklyn Pattern Co., Franklin Dress {sewn by: Sutures and Sandpaper}

It passed the climbing trees and exploring test miss “big girl, 3 years old” threw at it too :)

Brooklyn Pattern Co., Franklin Dress {sewn by: Sutures and Sandpaper}

Thank you so much for inviting me to participate in this month’s Flip This Pattern!!! I always enjoy flipping patterns with you guys and this was no exception :) I can’t wait to see how everyone else flips the pattern.
Kerry xx

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Flip this Pattern: Spring 2015 is sponsored by Imagine Gnats Shop and Urban Sew. Thank you both for showing such support in the sewing community and this series! We appreciate you!!



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4 Comments



Olga Becker
8 yearss ago


Super cute! Love the bubble skirt effect!

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FrancesSuzanne
8 yearss ago


How sweet!!! We’re always fans of “bubble dresses”, so this is fantastic! Thanks for sharing with our readers…

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Angie
8 yearss ago


Super cute! Both flips are fantastic!

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Stacey..... From-a-Box
8 yearss ago


Such a sweet dress! I agree with Eloise, the addition of hot pink is beautiful :)
Great idea to make this into a bubble dress and to move the closure to the back. And a short jacket too! Very nice job!

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