Hello and welcome to Dupe This, episode 4, you can catch episode 3, episode 2 and episode 1 on the blog.
If you’ve read these Dupe posts before then you know they’re really just an excuse for me to dump a heap of info all in one place, and also a thing I use to justify how I’m always looking to find the exact fabric that has been used to make clothes!
In this episode, I also tell you where to find double gauze in NZ and drop some links to what might be new-to-you fabric stores!
Duplicate these looks
The Matilda Dress from Cool Stitches would be a lovely dupe for this summery dress.
Pair it with washer cotton from The Fine Cloth Company, or shirting from Fabric Box in Auckland.
Dupe this cornflower blue silk top with the Barons Dress from Daughter Judy Patterns or the LB Pullover from Paper Theory.
Cornflower silk from The Fine Cloth Company would be a great match but I also recommend Fab Fabrics, who frequently has 40% off their silk if you’re an email newsletter subscriber.
I love this dramatic sleeve on a simple shape (here’s evidence and here’s even more evidence)! You could use the Muna and Broad Torrens Box Top like I did or the ZW Soft Blouse from Birgitta Helmersson with a double gauze fabric (sometimes called double muslin).
Double gauze in NZ?
Here’s a little list of places that I’ve spotted with double gauze, ordered vaguely by price, from lowest to highest.
- The Fabrics Shop in Otara
- Backstreet Bargains in Hamilton
- For Fabrics Sake in Levin
- Marble NZ Fabrics
- The Fabric Shop
- Fabric Box in Auckland
- Miss Maude in Greytown
- Revology in Wanaka
Replicate this pleated floral skirt with this fabric from Fab Fabrics and the free vintage-style skirt from Peppermint Magazine or the 3 Pleat Skirt from Assembly Line Patterns..
Or for a bright fabric, this palm leaf linen, this blush tropical linen or this bright blue daisy print on cotton lawn.
Use the Belemnite Dress from Marilla Walker and silk crepe de chine from Hawes and Freer in Auckland or the silk cdc from The Fine Cloth Company in Wellington to replicate this sage green dress.
For a cheaper fabric, a tencel twill from The Fabrics Shop in Otara could work.
Joan’s Fabrics in Auckland has a similarly bright floral from Fabric Godmother to replicate this shirt on Rose Matafeo as does Harmer and Huff.
The pattern looks like a shirt with a set-in sleeve and a scarf tied like a pussy bow.
Want shirt sewing patterns?
You know I love to find an exact fabric for you!
Fab Fabrics has this exact print but in white and red and this fabric has similar monochromatic line drawing vibes if the monochrome is your deal.
The Lena Shift or the June Sheath, both from StyleArc, could be great fits.
Want to get printing?
Email your PDF pattern files through to hello@chchsews.com to get started. A0 printing is $6 per sheet.
Love how you find a pattern for RTW
I struggling to find a balloon skirt pattern for this https://tibi.com/collections/dresses/products/tshirt-sleeveless-dress-green
I will use the axis t for the top- all my research hunting for a skirt to replicate look is to nought so far… I will draft my own … I just feel there a skirt pattern out there
Many thanks for sharing your knowledge
Kind regards
Suzanne