Inspiration...Pintuck Linen Popover Dress

 There is nothing better on a hot summer than a loose fitting dress.  This dress is just that:

This is the vintage Linen Pintuck Popover Dress by Lafayette 148 New York.  Price tag: $998.00.  Details:  relaxed silhouette, jewel neckline, dolman above elbow sleeve, cuffed sleeve, button-loop half placket, seam pockets, pintuck and ladder stitch detail, shirring at side waist cutline, below knee length, semi-sheer, 100% linen, machine wash cold or dry-clean. Here is a close-up of the top:

Close-up of the pintucks, the entredeux, and the button placket.  I love seeing thiese heirloom techniques on modern dresses cause we can do it too.  The pintucks and entredeux is also on the back.  

If I was making this, I would make the center panels, button placket (front only), and then stitch the entredeux.  I am not sure if I would keep the dolman sleeve.  The dolman sleeve would make it easier to sew if you had a pattern with those details.  Of course, you could make the pattern have those details by cutting on the sleeve but there could be more to it than simple aligning the sleeve with the body of the pattern.  

I would be tempted to change up a pattern that I have used a few times. 

This is The Camber Set by Merchant & Mills.  The dress would need some minor changes to get it to look like inspiration dress.  First, you would need to decide whether or not to keep the dolman sleeve.  Here's a tutorial for changing to a dolman sleeve.  Here is a video to get the loop button placket started. Looks easy.  Next, I would split the dress starting at the mid-shoulder to the hem using the fold as a straight edge.  The fabric for the center panel will depend on how many tucks you want and how deep.  

Hope you are inspired.

Happy Stitching!