I made this Stokx Kim dress to suit the Make a Garment a Month Sewalong, which has the theme of No Frills February. A less frilly dress would be hard to find!

I used fabric found free at REMida, a recycling centre which I visited with Meggipeg and SewBlooms. I found matching rib knit which I thought was a win and which I used for the neckband, which does work better with a rib knit. The ribbing is such a good match you’d never know that it’s different fabric.

Again I chose to use the invisible darts, which is just stretching the back to fit the front, and although it gives a ripple, I think it’s so much better than my usual lowering and raising darts game. There’s not a lot of stretch in this fabric so perhaps I should have gone up a size. The pattern looks much looser than mine.

I added a couple of patch pockets but couldn’t make them level so took one off. Then this one is a little bit high but I’m going to live with it!

I didn’t know if it would go with the yellow sandals I made, but I think it does, so that makes me happy.

The brightness of the dress tricked my camera and I just couldn’t get good shots in my garden. This is the best I could do.

I decamped to the verandah, but could not get a good shot of the back, so just front shots. I left the sleeves at the original length and don’t mind them with this dress. The red one I made previously is here for comparison.

I did manage a couple of seated shots

I was looking after Pepper the puppy and to stop her chewing things I decided to make her a couple of “sausages” from some leftover home decorator linen (leftover from making son’s dining bench), and I used fabric scraps from this dress to stuff them, along with the contents of my overlocker bin.

Pepper couldn’t wait for it to be finished; she attacked it whilst I was sewing it up.

The proof of the pudding etc, was her chasing the sausages around and she even did a bit of retrieving.

Mostly though, she just looked cute.

I still have enough of this fabric to make a tee shirt, which I shall get around to eventually. I do love this dress shape, the swing and the silhouette is very appealing but I may just size it up next time.