Made myself a classic striped dress

Made myself a classic striped dress

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• 4.15.2013

Another new dress for spring! I think I've been dreaming about this one for a while, actually, looking back through all my fun dress inspirations on my dresses pinboard...

My navy and white stripe dress inspiration goes way back to the beginning of my Pinterest days! See what I mean?

Source: rocknlovedoll.wordpress.com via Suzannah on Pinterest

Source: kendieveryday.com via Suzannah on Pinterest

Source: mackenziehoran.com via Suzannah on Pinterest

Source: nusophisticate.com via Suzannah on Pinterest

Source: seejaneworkplaylive.blogspot.com via Suzannah on Pinterest

So it's very exciting that I was able to bring these dreams to life with some fabric from Kollabora--they sent it to me for my book but it didn't make it in to any of those projects. So instead, I whipped this dress up using Simplicity 1873 and the short sleeves from Simplicity 2444.  The fabric is a knit jersey, but I figured I could use it for a fitted dress! So it ended up very comfy and soft, but still keeping its shape just fine.

Front/side/back!

As seen in my pins... the classic striped dress is great with a belt. I grabbed this one from my closet. With/without...

Now for spring weather! Hope I can wear this with a lot of things this spring and summer... any ideas!??