{"id":1264,"date":"2017-03-31T13:35:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T13:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fabricville.com\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2017-03-31T13:35:07","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T13:35:07","slug":"cats-away-mccalls-7534","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fabricville.com\/fr\/cats-away-mccalls-7534\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cat’s Away, with McCalls 7534"},"content":{"rendered":"

D\u00e9sol\u00e9, cet article est seulement disponible en Anglais.<\/p>

As Spring approaches I’m trying to hurry it up by making a warm weather dress, from bright red quilting cotton featuring playful mice, of course! Unfortunately making a cotton spring dress means I had to wait a week for a day suitable for outdoor pictures after finishing it.<\/p>\n

But today’s the day to share this McCalls 7534<\/a>, which I notice that Margo from Creating the Gap<\/a> has just made as well, but in rayon and a maxi length. Mine is quite different, as I made it knee length & used quilting cotton. I just had to use this very fun print, a \u00ab\u00a0Groovy Cotton Print – Mouse\u00a0\u00bb<\/a> that I like to call \u00ab\u00a0the cat’s away\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n

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Since the last dress I made for this blog features marching elephants<\/a>, I have to remember to be careful not to hang this mouse print next to it in the closet unless I want an uproar!<\/p>\n

I enjoyed making this easy dress. There are no closures, so it’s suitable for a beginning sewist. The features that attracted me to this pattern were the mock wrap top (feels much more secure than an actual wrap) and the shoulder\/neckline pleat which gives a nice shape to the bodice.<\/p>\n

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I had to adjust the right side of the bodice by just over half an inch where it meets the waist, as my right side is a bit shorter from the shoulder. If you have an issue like this, the bodice will gape — but you can take up the pattern piece either at the shoulder or waist to compensate. I usually adjust at the shoulder, but forgot this time, and had already sewn the facing on…so to save myself time I took a tuck at the waist which is completely invisible.<\/p>\n

The only other adjustment I had to make was to add pockets. Of course! I used a bit of red broadcloth from my stash and added in side seam pockets.<\/p>\n

The waist of this dress is lightly elasticized. The view I was using suggested a tie belt that was to be sewn in to the side seams. I didn’t want it to be a permanent part of the dress so I just sewed a regular separate sash; this way I can use it or use another belt for a different look.<\/p>\n

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The key to making a dress like this work with quilting cotton is lots of pressing. Press all the seams as you go, and expect that it will hold the shape a little more crisply than a drapy fabric will. I wouldn’t make a maxi from this fabric as it would be rather bell-like. But in this view it works very well.<\/p>\n

Of course, with a print like this, you can get a little silly. Seeing all the activity going on, like this little mouse:<\/p>\n

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I just had to get out my own hula hoop and have a little fun.<\/p>\n

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Spring can’t come soon enough!<\/p>\n

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D\u00e9sol\u00e9, cet article est seulement disponible en Anglais.<\/p>\n

As Spring approaches I’m trying to hurry it up by making a warm weather dress, from bright red quilting cotton featuring playful mice, of course! Unfortunately making a cotton spring dress means I had to wait a week for a day suitable for outdoor pictures after finishing it.<\/p>\n

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