Op het textielfestifal in Amersfoort in mei kwam ik bij een stand met prachtige botanische prints op kleding en sjaals (Boltbotanicprints) en ik kon de verleiding niet weerstaan. Ik steun graag 'ambachtelijk handwerk' en bovendien gebruikt maakster Gabrielle Bolt 2e hands kleding voor haar werk. Genoeg reden om overstag te gaan:).
When I visited the Textiel festival in Amersfoort in may I ran into these beautiful botanically printed scarfs and (second hand) clothes. I couldn't resist and bought this lovely dress. I knew beforehand I wanted to make some alterations. The neckline was way too high for me and a bit sloppy. Also, I'd rather wanted the dress sleeveless and a bit longer if possible. So here we go!
Ik wist al meteen dat ik nog een paar aanpassingen wilde doen. De hals zat veel te hoog en was helaas wat uitgerekt. Bovendien wilde ik de jurk graag mouwloos en als het kon iets langer. Aan de slag dus:).
Stap 1 - de hals
Eenmaal thuis zag ik dat het prijskaartje helaas een gaatje in de stof had gemaakt, jammer... Gelukkig wilde ik de halslijn toch iets lager maken, daardoor zou het gaatje vanzelf verdwijnen in de naad. Ik begon met het uitknippen van de boord, inclusief naad. Daarna knipte ik de naad eraf en zette de boord opnieuw aan de hals vast.
When I returned home, I discovered a small hole where the price tag was inserted. Such a shame. But... i'd already decided to lower the neckline so it wouldn't be visible again afterwards.
I cut out the neckline, including the seam, and then replaced the ribbing. That really made a lot of difference!
I used the bottom 20 cm of a white t-shirt for the lengthening of the dress. First I died the fabric in a grey color, to match the dress and tied it together for a slight blotchy effect.
Next, the fun experiment started: hitting colours from leaves and flowers. I used leaves and flowers from our garden and started with a kiwi flower, a leaf of lovage and a flower from an ice plant. You have to keep the leaves between 2 layers of fabric and hit carefully but hard, and make sure the leaves stay in place. The kiwi flower didn't work out well, but the lovage and ice flower gave a good print. I couldn't use the ice flower for this project and started looking for other leaves. I tried the sweet woodruff (bedstraw), which turned out to be my favourite and some birch leafs.
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| Lievevrouwebedstro / Sweet woodruff |
I've read somewhere that the sweet woodruff (bedstraw) was used to scent the straw matresses used back in the days, and I must say it smells in a subtle aromatic/herbal way.
Voor en na
Looking back, I probably should have give the fabric some more time in the dye bath. It turned out lighter than I had hoped. And to be honest, I didn't look into ways of fixating the leaf prints. They may fade after washing. Or I could always hit some more leafs:). Other than that, I'm very pleased with the other adjustments!










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