Peppermint Everyday Dress by In the Folds and Peppermint Magazine

In this post I will talk about how I sewed this beautiful dress and what you will learn if you choose to make it. #thehemlineeclectic #peppermintmagazine #inthefolds #pepperminteverydaydress

The Everyday Dress

This pattern is a lovely wardrobe staple. You can dress it up with other accessories or keep it casual! The optional tie adds a new silhouette to the whole outfit. And it is another free pattern by Peppermint Magazine designed by In the Folds! Download yours here!

It is also reversible! You can choose to wear it as a V-neck in front or a round-neck in front! Yay!

This dress has a looooot of ease!!! The important part to consider before choosing a size is - how you want it to fit on top?. So go with you bust measurement and then think about how much ease you are comfortable with.

According to the size chart, if I chose to sew my size, my finished garment would have been 48" at the bust (Size 3). I will be floating in this dress and I do not like this type of a fit. I looked at the finished garment and chose to cut a size 1 (40" bust in the finished garment). I am much more comfortable with this ease on top to end up with a flattering dress and still very comfortable.

I chose to cut a size 1.

The Fabric choice

This dress will have so many different silhouettes with different fabrics. It would be best in a more lightweight fabrics but I have seen one made out of corduroy and it looked awesome! So go wild!

For my first dress, I wanted to bring out the structure of this pattern but still have it be a light and breezy. The perfect fabric for that is a cotton lawn! Here is mine in a black cotton lawn! It is slightly sheer but it s not very noticeable. I loved working with this fabric. I bought mine online from Fabric.com.

I think I would love love to make this in something more drapey, like a Rayon challis or a poplin or even a lyocell. It would look so different.

Sewing the Everyday Dress

As with all In the Folds patterns, this pattern has meticulous instructions to give you an amazing finished garment. Since this is a slightly sheer fabric, I chose to use french seams for the sides and use overcast stitching for the hem. I have seen one sewist use a binding to finish the hem and it looked beautiful! Since the sleeves are grown on to the body, there are no arms to finish! Yay! Such a fast sew!

The pattern is divided into 3 parts, apart from the facing and pockets. so read the instructions before you cut it up! Also there is no pattern piece for the tie, but there is an instruction on how wide and long you will need to cut your fabric out for the size you have chosen. I decided I needed a tie!

The pattern has a neck facing. The instructions do not ask for any interfacing. But out of practice, I interfaced the facing and one side of the waist tie. I am glad I did that, it gives the neckline a very nice crisp finish.

The dress came together very easily and fast. Since I decided to use french seams, I stoped sewing before the side slits. I then used an over-cast stitch for the hem before sewing it. The hem have mitered corners which just give it such an awesome finish. Enjoy!

This dress is meant to hit your knee. Next time, I would shorten the slit and hem by 2-3inches so it hits right at my knee! I still love this hemline.

Techniques you will learn

1. Adding inseam pockets

2. Finishing a neckline with a facing

3. Making mitered corners and sew a slit.

Styling

For this post, I have styled my everyday dress with my favorite Fluevog sandals in black and grey.

Get Inspired

Go check out all the amazing dresses on instagram using #pepperminteverydaydress. Be inspired and make one! I leave you here with more lovely pictures. Leave me a note if you have any questions!

While taking pictures of this dress, we had some amazing photobombs by my son! swipe to see him! 😂

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