Hey Everyone,
I have been searching for the perfect green viscose crepe print for at least a couple of years to make a dress, and finally found this fabric from Rainbow Fabrics (no longer available). It’s still not my perfect green fabric, but it’s close. I would perhaps have liked less white and more green, but viscose crepe happens to be one of my favourite fabrics to sew with, so yeah. I will take it as a win.
I chose to combine two patterns together to achieve this look: the bodice and sleeves are from McCalls 8040, which I have made before: see here. The skirt is from McCalls 7971. I wanted the slit in the front and as the skirt has princess seams front and back, it meant the seams aligned with the princess seams of the bodice fairly easily. I did make some adjustments to the skirt (see below), and I am pretty pleased with the outcome. I have already worn this dress a couple of times, and it’s very easy to wear.
Pattern Adjustments
- See my original post for the adjustments I previously made to the blouse. I simply shortened the blouse at the waist
- The neckline of the bodice is still finished using the facings, but I overlapped the front edges by about 0.5 inches and sewed non functioning buttons through all layers of fabric to close
- The skirt is size 22 and I added extra width at the side seams for fit insurance, but I ended up taking a ton of width (like a lot) out of the side and back princess seams at the waist of the skirt and the blouse
- I did do a 1 inch full tummy adjustment and a 1 inch full bum adjustment
- The skirt is view C, without the pockets, and I ended up removing a further 1.5 inches of the length
- I increased the height of the slit by 4 inches
- I cut the skirt back on the fold
- I interfaced the side seam on one side and added an invisible zipper
- The sleeves are the longest length sleeves, shortened by 4.5 inches, and with 4 rows of shirring done 0.25 inches apart about 1.5 inches up from the finished hem. I think the sleeves are my favourite part of the dress 🙂
Very easy to wear, and perfect to wear on warm summery days.
See you soon.
sewmanju 
This mashup turned out rather nicely 💚 and this green mini floral print is pretty too. I find I’m more of a chartreuse or lime green fan, but this shade works for this print.
Thanks Abbey. I think I want a more grass green or kelly green, but this shade is pretty close. Just less white.
I love this clever combination and the colour. Very nice.
Thanks Anna.
Your dress is lovely. Please can I ask did you line it and if so what did you use? I have some viscose crepe to make a different dress and I feel that it needs to be lined. I’m just not sure what to use as the lining.
Hi, no I didn’t line my dress. It’s opaque and no need for it. It’s just finished with facings at the neck. Personally I wouldn’t like to line viscose crepe as I think it would make it too heavy for me. If I had too I would look for a light viscose/ rayon lining maybe.
Hi, thank you for replying. My fabric is not very opaque and I feel that it does need something. Like you, I’m not overly keen on the idea of lining it but thank you for your suggestions. Maybe I should just opt for a slip instead. Food for thought.
It’s lovely. Very flattering.