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review, sewing, women · November 8, 2013

Fall Staple Dress and Hawaii Flashback

Before we left for Hawaii earlier this year,

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I made myself a couple of Staple Dresses, which is a fabulous women’s pattern designed by the lovely April Rhodes.

Can I just say…I LOVE this pattern. Love it.  It’s super easy to sew and easy to wear. You can dress it up or down and wear it in pretty much any season. You can sew a straight hem or a hi-lo hem, add pockets, or not.

Hawaiian Staple Dress (12 of 13)The pattern comes a tad short  for my taste, so I added maybe two inches of length?

I made one of the dresses from knit fabric (from Girl Charlee of course!) which made it great travel wear. It was super comfy, versatile and easy to toss in a suitcase.

I often liken it to wearing a muumuu, it’s that comfy, BUT it definitely doesn’t look like one.  😉

It makes me miss Hawaii too…especially on days like this:

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Really though. The snow has it’s magic too. I do love this time of year.

And dressing up my “go to” Hawaii dress for a Rocky Mountain Fall is a cinch, which speaks to how awesome this dress pattern is.

Fall Staple Dress (8 of 14)

I just grab some tights, boots, a comfy cardigan, and my Thousand Chains Scarf (easy tutorial HERE) and I am good to go.

Fall Staple Dress (12 of 14)

For my second Staple dress, I made it floor length and widened the hem significantly. I found this ombre dyed $1 mystery silk, polyester blend  fabric that is really buttery…almost like liquid in my hands and decided to give it a go.

Hawaiian Staple Dress (4 of 13)

I had it almost perfect but decided to take just a little bit of length off…mistake. The weight of the dress was pulling it down longer, so when I relieved that burden, it sprung up too short! I fixed it with a wide folded hem. It turned out okay… but not ideal.

Hawaiian Staple Dress (2 of 13)

Meh..I still wore it out. 🙂

It doesn’t lose any of its comfort factor in fancy form either. Which was a nice feeling…to be dressed up and feel comfortable. That’s an oxymoron most of the time.

There is so much fabric in the dress (4-5 yards I think?), which makes it kind of heavy, so I decided to leave out the shirring and just use a belt to cinch it up.

Hawaiian Staple Dress (6 of 13)

I promise it’s not this billowy either. We took these pictures on a bluff outside the condo we were staying at in Kauai, so it was really  windy. You can see the golfers in the background. 😛

Hawaiian Staple Dress (1 of 13)

And now back to real life…

Fall Staple Dress (7 of 14)

🙂

P.S. I bought this pattern from April Rhodes. She didn’t ask me to do this review, I just wanted to share how awesome it is! I will say that it is more than I usually spend on a pattern, but I haven’t regretted it. I can’t wait to fill up my closet with more Staple dresses once the hub bub of the holidays subsides.

 

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  1. Susanne says

    November 8, 2013 at 9:50 AM

    Hi Delia, your dresses look stunning. And I wanted to say thanks for the site update – it loads way faster now than the old version. With the old version it took like 5 min to load with our connection (we only have 1000 Mbit DSL). And I especially like the arrows on the side to navigate to the next post.
    Also great Crotchet series going on – I actually want to start to learn how to crotchet – this might actually spur me on to finally get started 🙂 (I am quite good at knitting and sewing – both self taught – so why should I not conquer crotchet as well…)
    Greets,
    Susanne (IG: lily28923)

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    • Delia says

      November 8, 2013 at 3:30 PM

      Thank you so much Susanne! I am so so happy to hear that. And I’m happy to make a crocheter out of you. 😉 do it!

      Reply
  2. Teresa says

    November 8, 2013 at 11:58 AM

    I love, love, love both versions! And you are from Hawaii? I didn’t know this. I grew up in Hawaii. My dad was military and we were so blessed to be stationed there for 8 years….my childhood years! Back to your dresses…they are wonderful!

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    • Delia says

      November 8, 2013 at 12:30 PM

      I wish I was from Hawaii! I get that question a lot because I’m half Chinese. We just went to Hawaii for my brother’s wedding this summer. That is so neat that you were able to live there for 8 years! I hope to go back again and often. 😉 and…thanks for your kind compliments!

      Reply
  3. kristin says

    November 8, 2013 at 3:08 PM

    Delia you are so pretty! I probably say that every time. These dresses are both gorgeous, and look so different even though they’re the same pattern! Very nice.

    Reply
    • Delia says

      November 8, 2013 at 4:25 PM

      You are so kind Kristin. Thank you!

      Reply
  4. Heidi says

    November 8, 2013 at 5:12 PM

    Love how you styled the knit dress for fall!! I totally want to copy the whole outfit ; )

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    • Delia says

      November 9, 2013 at 1:09 PM

      aw. thanks Heidi!

      Reply
  5. Charity says

    November 8, 2013 at 6:42 PM

    Pretty dresses! I love the longer version…. and I thought the band around the hem was a design detail until you mentioned otherwise. 😉

    Reply
    • Delia says

      November 9, 2013 at 1:10 PM

      haha…well. I guess I shouldn’t have said anything! ha. Thanks Charity.

      Reply
  6. Lauren says

    November 8, 2013 at 9:45 PM

    I love how you styled your staple dress for winter!

    Reply
    • Delia says

      November 9, 2013 at 1:10 PM

      Thank you Lauren!

      Reply
  7. Erin says

    November 9, 2013 at 6:04 AM

    Delia, both look great on you! I’ve had this pattern cut out for two months now. I think after seeing your striped knit version I’ll make mine in knit…looks so comfy! you had me at muumuu.

    Reply
    • Delia says

      November 9, 2013 at 1:11 PM

      You will not regret it! 🙂

      Reply
  8. Abby says

    November 9, 2013 at 9:42 AM

    Gorgeous dresses Delia! I agree with Kristin, you are such a natural beauty, and so photogenic. And perhaps I’m way behind on this, but I love the new blog design too, yay for WordPress! I have the Runway Theme too, it’s the best!

    Reply
    • Delia says

      November 9, 2013 at 1:13 PM

      You are so sweet. Thanks Abby! I love Runway on your site! I can’t wait to tweak some of my fonts and play around with it some more. Your colors are perfect. Love it.

      Reply
  9. Jess @ If Only They Would Nap says

    November 9, 2013 at 7:43 PM

    Delia, you’re so lovely! These dresses are fantastic. I love that this pattern can be dressy or casual. Fabulous job 🙂

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    • Delia says

      November 9, 2013 at 8:49 PM

      Thank you Jess! 🙂

      Reply
  10. Stacia says

    November 10, 2013 at 12:57 AM

    These are beautiful dresses! I can definitely see the versatility of this pattern! And I love your tights. Where did you get them?

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    • Delia says

      November 11, 2013 at 12:44 PM

      Thank you Stacia! Kohls, over a year ago. 🙂

      Reply
  11. Emily says

    November 10, 2013 at 9:11 AM

    Oh my goodness — you are BRILLIANT at styling things (and making things!) Can I please copy your entire outfit for fall? Where did you find your darling tights, boots, and cardigan?! (I wasn’t kidding! 😉 )

    Well done, once again!

    Reply
    • Delia says

      November 11, 2013 at 12:34 PM

      Emily,

      You are so nice! Thank you! Okay…so the cardigan was like $13? at Walmart, recently. The tights are from Kohls over a year ago. The boots are from Head Over Heels (a mall shop). The boots and shoes at Head Over Heels are pretty much always buy one get one half off too.

      Reply
  12. Lindsay says

    November 12, 2013 at 9:35 PM

    You look so beautiful, Delia! I love both of the dresses. And I love the new site, too! I really need a blog redo, but I don’t even know where to start.

    Reply
    • Delia says

      November 12, 2013 at 9:49 PM

      Thanks Lindsay! It has been a lot of work and I still have some work ahead of me. It’s worth it, but so exhausting too! 🙂

      Reply
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    November 13, 2013 at 7:28 AM

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  14. Kristie says

    November 13, 2013 at 8:50 AM

    LOVE the dresses. I have a hard time making any because patterns always have dresses hit a few inches short. But making dresses is much easier than buying dresses that always hit way shorter than they should.

    Reply
    • Delia says

      November 13, 2013 at 1:32 PM

      I hear ya on that! At least with a pattern you can make it fit you and your needs. 🙂 Isn’t sewing awesome?

      Reply
  15. Joni says

    November 13, 2013 at 10:11 AM

    Lovely dresses! My boys and I are making pilgrim hats tomorrow:) Happy Thanksgiving!

    Reply
  16. lorna says

    November 13, 2013 at 11:00 AM

    Love every about this post! It’s so nice to see the Staple Dress in different fabrics. And the scarf!!

    Reply
    • Delia says

      November 13, 2013 at 1:32 PM

      Thanks Lorna! 🙂

      Reply
  17. Christie says

    November 14, 2013 at 10:48 PM

    Oh Delia, you are just beautiful, inside and out. I love all these posts. Your home is gorgeous–you totally made those walls work!! I’m so tired of beige in this house and we painted them, ha! But not the next house! Maybe a happy neutral though that will work with both grays and browns, just in case. Anyways, your blog look is lovely. Can I pick your brain about the move to wordpress?

    Reply
  18. Lily says

    November 19, 2013 at 9:45 AM

    Hi Delia, thanks for the nice tips….

    I’m going to Hawaii on Friday for days and for the first time but I really don’t know what to wear…some people recommend like summer and light clothes other people is telling me that maybe is cold so I would need booties or boots ? is that true ?
    thanks for the tips so I can bring the right clothes 😉
    regards

    Reply
    • Delia says

      November 19, 2013 at 9:14 PM

      Yay! How exciting for you! So I have only been there once. But my brother goes often. I think I remember him saying something about how the weather was nice but not necessarily beach/swimming worthy when he went in February. I doubt you would need boots. Honestly, I probably not the best person to ask. But I would bring warm weather clothes if I were you! 🙂 Have fun!

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