The Jo March Dress

My sewing projects have been filled with patchwork, colour & Japanese yarn dyed cotton recently & it’s been a lovely time.

I designed this dress below called the Jo March dress, lovingly named after one of my favourite female leads because it felt like something she would wear. Pockets, a voluminous skirt, a tulle petticoat that peeks underneath & cute bust pleats are some of my favourite features. I wanted to make it really wearable & able to be worn over layers of clothing too for extra versatility.

I’ve made it in patchwork material, in secondhand tartan & the aforementioned Japanese yarn dyed cotton & I love how the vibe changes with every different fabrication.

Here are some of my recent makes of the Jo March Dress

My first go at the design.

A slideshow of another JM dress I whipped up using a huge array of blue scraps! I love how the vibe is so different with this one.

This one was created with 5m of patchwork material that I created at the beginning of the year by patchworking 10 4”x4” squares together every day! It was so special to finally use it up.

And a bunch of dresses made with the yard dyed cotton! It’s so sweet working with these fabrics, they somehow feel so wholesome & lovely.

I think I’ll make some more, but for now these voluminous dresses will live here & in my memory!!