Garden Party Dress in Hope Chest
I just finished making Penny a sweet spring dress using the new Oliver S pattern called Garden Party. The fabric is the last of my stashed Hope Chest fabric by Josephine Kimberling for Blend Fabrics. As I said in an earlier blog post, I just love this collection for dresses. This is my fourth Hope Chest dress!
I am really happy with the way this dress turned out. I made a size 5 and I think that the pattern runs true to size. It fits Penny nicely with some wiggle room. I really like the gathered front bodice and the opportunity to add a bit of coordinating fabric.
There is a great tutorial on the Oliver S site to help you with the thread chain button loop. It’s such a nice touch and looks so much more polished than an elastic hair band or some of the other quick fixes. Honestly, it is done just as quickly too.
