I have converted two dresses I made but didn’t love to bubble frocks. One was a grey linen attempt at copying a Rudy Jude dress, and the other was a Merchant and Mills Honey dress with a disastrous fit. Because both of these had gathered, empire-adjacent waistlines, it was extremely easy to remove the old bodice and replace it with the bubble frock bodice. I went super rogue and cut a slit in the center back skirt to insert the zipper. Because of the gathers, you can barely see it.
I inserted 1-ply wool yarn into the straps for the first one to give them a 3D quality. Unfortunately, the wool is sneaking its way through the linen and it has given the straps a furry halo!
I’m thinking of making a from-the-start bubble frock with some blue silk yoru I’ve had in my stash. We’ll see what the summer holds!
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