photos by sara walk
Here’s a happy story for your Tuesday morning. Embroidered dresses are flooding the internet like crazy, right? Well, I’m completely obsessed with every one of them. I can’t get enough. So a few months ago I pinned this image of a gorgeous embroidered blue dress, and since I couldn’t find a dress source, I decided to just make one. There was basically zero chance that I ever would find a fabric similar to it, but I’m a crazy optimist. So, you know…I held out hope. And then, not two weeks later, I walked into Old Navy and this blue embroidered beauty was hanging on the rack — the dress gods were clearly on my side. It was a little short for me, so I sized up three sizes to make it knee length, and then used this tutorial to resize the sleeves and shoulders to fit. And now my embroidered dress dreams have come true.
Sadly this dress is out of stock at Old Navy, but I’ve rounded up a couple of my favorite sort of similar embroidered dresses below! Click the images below to shop them!
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kate spade watch (similar)
old navy sunglasses (similar)
necklace c/o lisa leonard
Beautiful dress, I like it a lot and you look so pretty in it!
http://lartoffashion.blogspot.com
LOVE that dress and that bag! Looks gorgeous on you!
The Style Storm
<3, Christina
the original is an anthropologie dress from, I think, 2 seasons ago! 🙂
Oh, thank you!!
Cute dress. I love the print
That’s my favorite color blue. Its a beautiful dress. I like the oversized bottom with the fitted look on top.
Great dress. Loving it with those heels and purse. Great outfit.
Agi:)
vodkainfusedlemonade.com
I’ve been following your blog for a couple years and have been totally jealous of your sewing/creativity skills. I just got my hands on a used sewing machine and was wondering if you had any recommendations for beginner’s projects?
http://www.thepolkfolk.blogspot.com
Don’t go super cheap, and make sure you go with a good brand (janome, singer, brother, etc). Also, read the reviews — those are always really helpful! Good luck!
Beautiful! I love the way you matched the bag!
You look gorgeous in this dress! I tried it on but had the opposite problem haha! I’m so short so the length was too long on me and it looked like a bag on me. Oh well, I’ll through you- you look gorgeous in it!
http://asequinloveaffair.com
Gorgeous outfit ! I always love that shade of blue
Madeline | Its a Mads Mads World
You are killing it with all the cobalt blue lately! I love it and can’t get enough of it either. Love your style and blog!
Thank you so much, Lindsey! You are so sweet!
Lovely dress and you look fab
Meg
http://Www.snazzybellanista.com
Lovely dress, sandals and purse!!!!!!!
This dress and bag are meant to be together! I love this cut for work or casual days.
xoxo, Kali
http://www.204park.com
I love this outfit, my favourite part is definitely the shoes, and all the blue
http://emicphany.blogspot.ca
Those shoes!!!
i just went into old navy the other day! how did i miss that gorgeous dress!?
xo,
Sandy
Sandy a la Mode
oh, bummer!!
I am very jealous of you sewing skills! And I love the shoes, they are so edgy but gorgeous!
I also sized up with this dress, but have been too afraid to resize. Thanks for the tutorial link, maybe I’ll tackle mine this weekend?! Did you separate the lining or did you stitch everything together?
http://www.teachlovecraft.com
I separated it all. Just unpick the sleeves and the sides of the dress, and then resize all the pieces and sew them back together. Although I’ve definitely resized pieces and sewn the lining and fabric together because it’s quicker and doesn’t make THAT much of a difference in the end result. So no judgement here if you decide to do that 😉 Hope that helps!