Another day, another Davenport. If I’m not careful I’m just going to have an entire wardrobe dedicated to this pattern. It’s just that good. Even though I wrote about all the details in a previous post I went ahead and made the modifications I was talking about in this one here. So I thought I’d share.
For this particular Davenport I still made the size XL but made the following adjustments:
-Shorten the bodice by 2”
-Added 0.5” to the elastic length at the wrist
-Shortened the sleeve by 6”
I absolutely love the changes I made and feel like that was the last piece of the puzzle to really making this pattern for me. I also made it in this gorgeous stripe (called Jubilee in Sprinkles) from the Warp and Weft collection from Alexia Marcelle Abegg. I had been hoarding this fabric from last year but regretted not buying more of it. So when it came back into stock at Harmony Provo I bought 1.5 yards more to make this incredible dress. I played around with the direction of the stripes to really make it pop.
Overall I love this dress and really felt like I made something that was so me. I know I say that a lot but this was definitely a dress that I had envisioned for over a year. I just needed to wait for the perfect pattern to come along! Check it out if you haven’t already.
