Feeling Loopy Dress and Top sewing pattern

The Feeling Loopy Dress is best suited for lightweight fabrics, as it requires a lot of fabric to create all those glorious gathers! Choosing a lightweight, woven fabric will yield the best results not only for your comfort, but also for the construction and enjoyment while sewing. Think of breathable cottons, dreamy voiles, airy linens, and lightweight silks. Fabrics with a relaxed drape will create a nice flowing dress. Lightweight cottons with embroidery and eyelets could be beautiful as well! You may wish to combine these types of cottons with a solid cotton for certain parts of the dress, such as the inside layer, bodice lining pieces, and bias binding. Due to the nature of this design, there are lots of pattern pieces – lending itself to color and print combos! This dress can easily be made combining lots of lightweight fabrics to make your own unique masterpiece. The Feeling Loopy Top and Feeling Loopy Mini Crop Top can be made using lightweight to midweight fabrics, although take caution of going to heavy due to the gathering. You may end up with unwanted bulk in the bodice seam if your fabric is too heavy. It is recommended to stay under 6oz or 200gsm for the best results. The top and crop top can be made in a wide range of materials such as shirting cottons, twill linens, silk taffetas, and light-to-midweight jacquards. Play around with mixing fabrics, colors, and prints with the semi-circle pattern pieces on the side of the top view! Or perhaps you could use a contrast material for the wide strap ties? This pattern is your blank canvas!