{"id":356,"date":"2018-08-21T19:37:57","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T18:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sixmignons.com\/?p=356"},"modified":"2018-08-23T11:05:16","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T10:05:16","slug":"hacking-the-albertine-dress-pattern-into-a-summer-dress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sixmignons.com\/en\/2018\/08\/21\/hacking-the-albertine-dress-pattern-into-a-summer-dress\/","title":{"rendered":"Hacking the Albertine Pattern into a Summer Dress"},"content":{"rendered":"

What about some easy sewing for girls<\/b> – small and big? Albertine<\/a>\u00a0is a dress pattern by Citronille which I started sewing for my girls and myself a few years ago in its original version with sleeves; but which I quickly hacked into a sleeveless version, perfect as a summer dress or as a nightie<\/b>. And as ever, I have sewn… well, quite a few of them…<\/p>\n

The pattern is very simple<\/b>, with only a few pieces: 2 sleeves, 2 skirts and 2 pieces and their linings for the top. The main difficulty lies in assembling the sleeves to the body, as they are gathered with elastics – nothing hugely complicated but you need to be a bit meticulous.<\/p>\n

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Adding to this the fact that the collar is far too low for winter, it quickly occured to me that the sleeves wheren\u2019t a necessity! I replaced them with straps and … abracadabra, it became the ultimate summer dress!<\/b><\/p>\n

Here are a few pictures of our collection for this summer – I find this is such a perfect dress for early teenager girls that I slightly went crazy in my production… If you\u2019re careful you\u2019ll even see an Albertine shirt within these pictures.<\/p>\n\n\t\t