Before Summer officially ends—and it feels like that time is closing in—I must share one of my favorite make of this season: a sleeveless version of my now TNT Sew Over It Vintage Shirt Dress pattern. Let’s talk about the fabric first, as I feel like that is what makes this dress. Details Fabric The fabric I used is the Workroom Social Rayon Challis – Pin Play in Navy and Dusk designed by Whitney Crutchfield, Camp Workroom Social counselor and founder of We Gather (commission textiles, diy kits, and workshops), which makes this fabric even more special to me, because Whitney is the best. Also, Workroom Social’s rayon challis doesn’t…

One reason I wanted to start sewing my own clothes was that I had a vision of the perfect shirt dress. Store bought dresses never fit me right. I am tall and pear shaped, so if they fit in the waist they were too big in the bust and they were always way too short. When I was first learning how to sew, I knew a shirt dress would be complicated for a beginner, so I wanted to build my skills to get to that point. I’m not sure why it took me quite this long to make a shirt dress as I have had the skills for a while…