Sitting at home on my balcony in my new Lekala dress, looking forward to when things start improving around the world and we can get back to our normal daily lives.

I feel lucky that I have kept my job, can work from home and the worst thing I’ve had to do is cancel a few upcoming holidays. Plus, Australia seems to be doing pretty well compared to other countries. I’ve started Skyping more, especially since my older brother has recently had a baby boy and also trying to get out for a morning walk to this beautiful landscape below.

The one thing that has definitely kept me busy is sewing! Like any sewer I’ve got a mountain of fabric to get through and patterns to last me a life time. I honestly think if I didn’t have something to keep me creative and occupied, I’d get so restless and bored.

Pattern Information

Description: Summer strapless slim-fitted dress with ruffled top.
Pattern: Top from Lekala Dress with straps and the skirt is Butterick 5949
Fabric: Spotlight Linen

What did you like about this pattern?

This dress is the same style that I used for the Ruffled Sleeveless Summer Dress in my previous post. I have used my button box, which is a collection of buttons that I purchased on eBay for a discounted price to add to this dress. I highly recommend buying buttons in bulk for dresses like this.

I purchased this linen fabric when it was on sale at Spotlight and also made a fitted shift Butterick 6410 dress for work out of it. I love contrasting the plain colour against it, which I’ve done with the straps on this dress. I really like the way this dress turned out. The colours are very pretty.

Did you make any pattern alterations?

No pattern alterations to the two that I used to combine and make this version. In my previous version I added the ruffles to the top but I like this version without just as much.