Blue Dress

This A-line linen dress started out a light blue that had faded over many washings. The dye I have on hand here was a dark purple, but the ended up looking like a dark blue or indigo color. I sketched the designs, using big stitches for the waves around the bottom.

Here's the detail around the neck opening with the mismatched buttons. For this part of the design I used medium sized stitches.

And here is the back where I used small stitches for the flower design.

Just like the shirt on the previous post, after the designs were stitched I pulled up the threads and tied them off keeping the fabric tightly bunched. The dye process I used didn't require much water and the whole dress was crumpled into the dye bath so I ended up with an all over mottled pattern. I am pleased with how this one came out. I can't say the same for some others that I will show you later!