True Bias Southport Dress
Summer is in full swing here in Texas. Time for some sun dresses!
This is the Southport Dress by True Bias Patterns. I’m a little late on the Southport bandwagon but I’m so glad I hopped on. This is a great little dress!
I made the short version without any major changes.
This cotton stripe chambray came from a swap and was leftover from my Oceanside shorts.
I liked the stripe so much that I chose to do bias binding on the arms and neckline rather than using the bias as a facing as the pattern calls for.
The white buttons are vintage. I believe they’re some kind of carved stone. They’re too heavy to be shells, I think.
The drawstring is just some cotton cording and I added two silver-colored metal stoppers from my stash to the ends.
I blinded hemmed the dress by hand and finished the seams with a zig zag stitch.
My favorite little features are the stitched tacks at the top and bottom of each pocket along the side seams. They help keep the pockets sitting forward rather than being pushed toward the back of the dress or getting bunched up along on your sides. It’s a nice touch that adds some value to the pattern design.
Fair warning, you’re probably gonna see this hat around a lot on the blog this summer. I am a convert to Church of Hat. It’s great for keeping the hot Texas sun off your face. Hats are highly underrated and I intend to get as much use out my hats as I can. Yay hats!
Cute dress!
This looks gorgeous on you and accessorised beautifully with your new fabulous hat!
I just made a new Bonnell Dress which I’m really happy with x Thanks for the pattern (I tested it for you in 2015).
Your dress looks super comfortable for hot weather, and that’s too awesome a hat *not* to wear it all the time!
Haha – I’m reading your blog backwards (that is, most recent post followed by second-most, etc.), so now that I get here I realize you did not need me to confirm that your hat is excellent. You are very right about that. Also, that fabric is beautiful. I love linen and linen-look but I can never seem to find the right stripe!