Shimmery Lady Skater
Hello and happy new year to you all! Today I am showing you a dress that is like, so 2015. It’s a dress I made to wear on Christmas day. I wanted to make something super easy, comfortable and flattering, but just a bit sparkly. I bought the fabric from Minerva – it’s a black lurex Ponte Roma with silvery shimmer, and it’s quite a bargain at £6.99 per metre (I ordered 2m).
SHIMMER!!
As you can see above, the shimmer really shows in electric light, but in daylight it’s more of a subtle effect. There was a moment where I was worried that I might look as though I was wearing a bin bag, but thankfully I’m pretty sure I managed to avoid that.
On Christmas Day. I tone in with the in-laws’ new kitchen!
The fabric was lovely to work with. It’s very stable. It would make a lovely Coco dress! As I already have a plain black Coco dress, though, I opted for the Lady Skater. It’s the third one I have made as I really like the pattern. My only gripe is the wrinkle from the underarm above the bust, perhaps indicating I need a full bust adjustment, but it doesn’t bother me so much that I would mess about with the pattern. I just feel obliged to point it out!
Neck line, top stitched with metallic silver thread
I topstitched the neckline with some silver metallic thread and although it’s only a little detail I really like it. I hemmed the dress is the same way as I have hemmed my other three Lady Skaters – with a tiny rolled hem on my overlocker.
Overlocker rolled hem
There’s not much else of interest to say about this, so I shall leave you with my Christmas Day ‘selfie’ – because I know you all want a giant photo of my face – which I mainly took to show off my new ‘Mancunian’ necklace made by my friend Jody. I was born in Stockport which is in the southern part of Greater Manchester, so naturally I think Manchester is the best city ever and I am proud to come from there, and always happy to visit our family and friends who still live there!
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Great necklace! And I like your shimmery Skater dress. I made myself one about a year ago and I love it. Happy New Year!
Happy new year to you too ☺
LOL! I think you escaped looking like a bin bag quite stylishly. 😉 Cute dress!
Good to know, hahaha! 😃
Love your skater dress; it looks great. The silver topstitching is the kind of detail that makes the difference between RTW and something we’ve made ourselves. I hope I’m not alone but it’s the kind of thing that excites me when I’m making somwthing 😁
Of course you’re not alone! I was pretty pleased with it even though it’s a small detail 😊
I love the sparkly lady skater – its such a versatile pattern and I love the shiny ponte – glam and comfortable!
Louise
It is a great pattern! Thank you x
Groovy! I love that fabric. The Lady Skater is one of my favourite patterns. I’ve made 3 so far.
It is a great pattern!
Love the little details – silver metallic thread and rollover hem. Looks great.
Thanks. I think it’s going to get worn rather a lot!