29/06/2026
Doesn’t this dress look like mango and raspberry sorbet? 🍧🥭 Swipe to the end to see a little dog in his matching outfit 🐕
I always love it when Susanna Hickling messages me saying ‘Do you think you could make something like this?!’ this time she saw a beautiful sheer dress with a oversized bow at the back and a slip underneath and as I LOVE working with sheer fabris (I know I am insane!) I said ‘YES!’ 🤩
In the process of us looking at fabrics from Beckford Silk we came to a conclusion we could do TWO colours! The original dress had a matching slip to the overlay colour but why have one fun colkour when you can have TWO?! 🎨
We ended choosing the gorgeous tangerine rrepe de chine and fuchsia organza. I now refer to this dress as the sorbet dress 🥭
As I started out my sewing journey running a dance skirt business Lillian Hope Designs and I actually feel very comfortable sewing organza, nets, tulles and chiffon despite them being slippy, a pain to iron and very easy to snag! 🫠
However I never got to work with 100% silks! And that was ANOTHER reason I said yes, I will never turn down an opportunity to use silk!! You can really tell the difference between 100% silk and anything with polyester in it. The fabric behcaves totally differently, you don’t have to worry about melting it when you iron and it just drapes beautifully!! 🪡
I love doing custom orders like this where I get to be really creative and draft my own patterns. The great thing about this style if you can do a different colour underlay in the future and have a totally different dress! 👗
What colour underlay do you think I should make for Susanna next?!
