COTTON SUMMER TOP IN PINK

Crepe Dress

This is one more dress for Maria, my friend. Bought this crepe silk saree at a sale to raise funds for an NGO. Very sweet of her to buy this saree and donate to charity too. 

There was small printed border at the edge and a non descriptive print for the pallu. It had a sober print and colour, until I separated both the pallu and border. Suddenly it looked very attractive and fetching.

I must say, Maria has an eye for fabric and colour!

Because the fabric is crepe, it has a great fall, I gave a mild cowl neck. 

Knee legth, sleeveless, back zipper are the features of this dress.

Made a scarf to go with the dress, from the left over pallu fabric.

The fabric, print, and the fit are the main stay. Did it turn out well? What do you think, 

Handloom cotton Dress with border

This is my friend Maria. She wanted a few dresses made. She bought this brand new saree at a sale for a throw away price of Rs.150 ore close to $2.5. 
It is a cotton handloom saree, all of 6 m. long and 1.1m wide. Has a lovely zari border in multiple colours.
Though I made dresses earlier, had not done many with zipper at the back. So this dress gave me a lot of practice. Maria wanted a wide neck, 3/4 length sleeves. the border at the hem of the dress and sleeves gave the dress a formal look. The bodice is made out of the Pallu of the saree. 
One interesting aspect of this dress and Maria is that the fabric is semi transparent, which make it beautiful. It needs backing / lining, and since there was a lot of fabric left over from the saree, Maria wanted the same to be used for lining as well. 
I just loved that idea. What is better than to use the same cloth:

• Perfect colour matching
• Save money on buying separate lining cloth
• Reduce wastage
• Both shrink or not, bleed colour or not, at the same rate...  

Managed to achieve the fit she liked. She is happy. I am happy.