Ellie and Mac Blog Tour – The Dashing Dress

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Welcome to the Ellie and Mac Get Ready for Spring Blog Tour hosted by Seams Sew Lo!  Today, I am featuring the Dashing Dress.  This dress features a peter pan collar and a beautifully flowy gathered skirt as well as your choice of 3/4 or long sleeve.  The Dashing Dress is available in sizes XXS – 3XL.  You can find the pattern available for sale here.

I made the size small and it fits wonderfully without any adjustments (my measurements fall right into the small size for Ellie and Mac Patterns).  Personally, I love how the waist isn’t fitted but you could easily add clear elastic to the bodice/skirt seam to pull it in for a tighter fit.  I chose the 3/4 sleeves because I would like this dress to transition into spring (and maybe even summer).  The fabric that I chose is light and airy enough to wear anytime.

I made this dress with a single brushed polyester fabric that I found at Hobby Lobby a few months ago.  I was sweating while cutting it out because I knew I had only enough to cut one and I hadn’t seen this fabric in my recent trips to HL.  I was hoping that I could get this cut out without making any cutting mistakes.  Thankfully, I didn’t need to worry because I had enough with the 3 yards that I had and I didn’t make any cutting mistakes.  The black is a DBP (double brushed polyester) from So Sew English.  I think this dress came out wonderfully and I can’t wait to show it off.

I took a few pictures with my hair down and then I decided that it showed off the collar more if I pulled my hair up so into a bun it went.  Either way this dress is perfect for a day at the office or a night out on the town.

Please visit all the stops on the Get Ready for Spring Blog Tour featuring Ellie and Mac spring sewing patterns (35% of right now), hosted by Seams Sew Lo. Do not forget to enter the giveaway below too!

1. February 3rd: Seams Sew Lo (Intro)
2. February 4th: Seams Sew Lo
3. February 5th: Violets and Jewels
4. February 6th: Threadistry
5. February 7th: Mama Can Make it
6. February 8th: My Crazy Crafty Beautiful Life
7. February 9th: Aurora Designs
8. February 10th: Flaxfield Sewing
9. February 11th: Floral and Flannel
10. February 12th: FABulous Home Sewn
11. February 13th: Minns Things
12. February 14th: Our Play Place
13. February 15th: Tenille’s Thread
14. February 16th: Seams Like Style
15. February 17th: Hutsepruts
16. February 18th: Candi Couture Designs
17. February 19th: My Sewing Roots
18. February 20th: Manning the Machine
19. February 21st: Stitched by Jennie
20. February 22nd: Kathy’s Kwilts and More
21. February 23rd: Sewjourns
22. February 24th: Mermaid Mama Designs
23. February 25th: Fee Bricolo
24. February 26th: Oak Blue Designs
25. February 27th: Big Fly Notions
26. February 28th: Sewing Blue

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