The clever design and pattern-making by Schultz Apparel just keep calling us back! When Amalie reached out to us about her latest design we jumped on board to explore what she had been developing. The answer is this sweet peasant-style dress the Elena.
Pattern: Elena Dress by Schultz Apparel
The Elena dress has an elastic neckline with a raglan line that falls out into a glorious puff sleeve. It has a waist seam that flares out to a full skirt with gathering in the side panels with waist ties. As with many Schultz Apparel patterns no fastenings are required to get in and out of this dress, it just tightens around the waist with the tie.
Fabric: Jungle Garden Multipurpose Cotton from Spotlight
To sit well in the gathers and milkmaid style top with elastic the fabric for this style needed to we light enough to gather in yet sit well in the skirt and sleeves. We wanted a printed fabric but one that would still showcase the lines of the dress.
We used this jungle green printed cotton from Spotlight, which we found in the upholstery section!
The trick to sourcing fabric for this project is to find 150cm wide cotton, we didn’t have success with this so had to compromise on the fullness of the sleeve which was not ideal.
Finished Elena Dress
The Elena Dress is a very sweet style with some clever design features including the gathered skirt panels and belt at the waist to create the shape.
Photo Credits
Photographer:Â James Christie Media
Pattern: Elena Dress by Schultz Apparel
Fabric: Â Jungle Garden Multipurpose Cotton from Spotlight