This title assumes
a blog post about these famous pants. Nevertheless this blog post regards ‘Jacob’,
a little retro shop in Ghent. We live in a so-called shopping paradise;
still I prefer shopping in my hometown. This summer we will surely visit the shop
and hopefully find children’s clothes to spend some money on.
As I patiently
have to wait a couple more weeks before I will be able to shop back home, I
spoiled our youngest with a homemade version of this ‘Jacob dress’.
We bought
this dress last summer in Jacob and meanwhile the dress became far too short for
jade.
The original dress
is vintage, swirls around perfectly, and fits Jade perfectly; but is made out
of uncomfortable fabric.
It is her absolute
favorite dress –she even sometimes wears it to go to bed!
Thus, the
youngest daughter got a Curl Up version of the Jacob dress.
When her older
sister saw the dress, she insisted on getting an identical copy for herself.
And … what we
usually avoid for our twin boys –dressing them identically- we exceptionally did
it for the girls; they got identical dresses!
The details
of the Curl Up-Jacob-dress match the details of the original vintage dress. The
actual pattern was drawn by me. I used the basic perfect fit bodice from our girls
as basis and added sleeves and a collar. The skirt is a 2/3 circular skirt. The
dress swirls just like the original one and the fabric we used is more
comfortable. Mission accomplished!
For all the
Jacob-pants-lovers … the pattern finally got assembled and we are working on
our own version of the pants, some more patience and then you get pictures of
the result!
Royal blue
fabric: Robert Kaufman his Kona Solids bought @ Classic Quilts & Quilting
Flower
fabric: bought @ Cozette
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