nest full of eggs: Flap Collar

Monday, February 3, 2014

Flap Collar

Next up from the 'Stof voor durf-het-zelvers' book I tried the flap collar.

It's your lucky day, 2 blog posts in a row where you get two dresses for the price of one! I had planned to sew up only one, but somehow it turned into two. The second one is without the flap collar.

Project details:
Pattern: 'Stof voor durf-het-zelvers' book (= 'Fabric for dare-it-yourselfers') Variation 2: Pattern 8 dress with flap collar and box pleated skirt made from rectangular piece of fabric
Size: 122-128 cm
Notions: 12-14 inch invisible zipper
Lining fabric: white cotton voile for bodice lining
Fabrics:
Saturn Dot Pink Sateen 100% cotton from the Lisette collection
Pink bodice is solid pink cotton

If you are curious to see more items made from the patterns in the 'Stof voor durf-het-zelvers' book check out the 'Stof voor durf-het-zelvers' flickr group.

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Deb · 586 weeks ago

Both dresses look great - love the fabric. Having a solid background helps feature the flap collar.
You have more folds in the collar than the one I did, so the thinner fabric you used must be better suited to enable the collar to sit flat.

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saganaga 77p · 586 weeks ago

Now that I've made my first flap collar I'd like to try doing it differently, fold it differently, try the smaller size, etc... but yes, thinner fabric would be the way to go.

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justine · 586 weeks ago

What an interesting design element Rachel! Its beautiful. This book looks good!

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saganaga 77p · 586 weeks ago

Thanks Justine, I highly recommend the book. Even though I don't know a word of Dutch, there are really good step by step photos and thankfully there is Google translate :)

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carin · 586 weeks ago

love that flap collar!

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Olga Becker · 586 weeks ago

I so want to make this dress! Your version is gorgeous. Love it!

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Annie · 586 weeks ago

Unique design, beautiful fabric choice! Your executions are always beautiful!

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Courtney · 586 weeks ago

Such an artistic design!

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KJ@letsgoflyakite · 586 weeks ago

Just saw your photos on Flickr! this is so beautiful, I love all the details and fabric choice. Makes me wish for spring, sigh.

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saganaga 77p · 586 weeks ago

Oh, I cannot wait for spring!

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Karly · 586 weeks ago

That is a really cool collar! Gorgeous colors!

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saganaga 77p · 586 weeks ago

Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving your lovely comment :)

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Sally · 585 weeks ago

It's like origami for clothes...how fun! Love the look!

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beachmomof4 38p · 585 weeks ago

The collar is really neat! Having the solid color under it really highlights the unique collar. What other patterns are in the book?

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erickmarnae 12p · 585 weeks ago

What a great detail...I've never seen anything like that collar!--I wonder how it would work in a cotton lawn--more like a scarf maybe? but then again that may defeat the whole purpose of the folds:)