Crowdsourcing Color Choices

Remember this pattern?



Well, I had a couple spare hours last night (Sure, I was sorry that my husband and son were stuck in traffic, but I wasn't going to let that stop me from SEWING with that found time) and decided to give it a shot:



And this is as far as I got. Which is pretty far, except that I need to buy bias trim for the edging, and I'm undecided as to which color it should be.

Colors I have ruled out: red, black, brown, gray, green, and (gasp) orange.

Colors I'm still thinking about: mustardy yellow, turquoise, blue, pink.

I'm looking for a kind of Palm-Beach, Lilly Pulitzer vibe from this dress. What do y'all think?

Here's a better look at the belt part:



I haven't done the buttonholes or the buttons, obviously, because I want them to match the binding. I zigzagged a facing to the wrong side, to stiffen it a bit and keep the edges from fraying too much.

And the neck:



Anyway, as you can see, the dress is pretty "eh" without the bias edging. It did sew up really quickly, though, which was nice. The skirt will definitely flap as you walk, showing the wrong side (which on this fabric is nearly white) so I'm almost convinced that I should line the thing, which would then (bonus!) make it reversible. I might have enough turquoise cotton to do that, and then instead of bias binding I could do rick-rack in the seam ...

I still have NO IDEA where the pockets will go. I think they will have to be patch pockets applied after the bias binding, so I can get the spacing right.

Ideas? Comments?

Comments

[Anonymous]

Why not White?

[Erin]

White gets too grimy (at least, it does if you're me).

[cory]

I agree for no white. Personally it is a dirt magnet for me. My vote is turquoise. And what an adorable dress!

[Simone]

no, no, patch pockets would ruin the line. how about on the seam of the overflap apron thing? they'd have to be smallish pockets - and it wouldn't show if you lined it like you mention.pink or turquoise piping, for sure!

[the_lazymilliner]

I'm with simone on the pockets...just little things on the belt, like some of those funky ones you see on some vintage sewing patterns from the 1940s. I'm also for the turquoise too.

[sarajane]

Seconding turquoise or pink, to go with the tropical Lily vibe.

[DivaJean]

Sometimes I don't read clearly the first time. Somehow, I came to thinking YOU were in the car with husband and kidlet, frantically sewing by hand. Just because I embroider and sew on the bus to & from work, guess I thought everyone would do this...(and all I "sew" is quilt squares or doll clothes on the bus- not dresses- too bulky to carry around).

[Justine]

I'd vote for bias trim in the light blue color in the "fans" on the print. The green would be too hard to match. For buttons it would be perfect if you find some with a combo of the blue and coral from the fan design.Good luck! :)

[Adrienne]

Adding 3/4 sleeves might be a nice 5o's touch. More coverage, too. variations are fun!

[Stacy]

I agree with either the turquoise or pink! It's absolutely lovely so far.

[Peggy L]

I think patch pockets would ruin the lines. I like the pockets in the side seam idea. What about just lining those flap pieces to the side seam? Much easier and it would finish the edges of the front piece. Turquoise would defintely give it the "Lily" loo.

[Allison]

Speaking as a Lilly Pulitzer expert (I have over 100 vintage Lilly items, some dresses with their original price tag), and scores of vintage Lilly fabric, I'd go with lime green for the edging, or a bright pale pink. I know the lime green wouldn't match the green, but it would be such a different shade, that it wouldn't look like you're trying to match. And Lilly isn't so much tropical as bright pale colors. Typically pink and green are her signature colors, but also lime green and turquoise are another favorite grouping.

[Deborah W]

Turqoise gets my vote. Love the fans!

[Anonymous]

Turquoise! And please no patch pockets.

[Erin]

The problem with pockets in the side seams is that there are no side seams. Just darts. I could do welt pockets, I guess ...

[kharma]

MUSTARDY YELLOW!OH GOD PLEASE DO MUSTARDY YELLOW!Also, I have also just discovered not but a few weeks ago when I found the cutest mustardy yellow cropped cardigan at Target (!) of all places, that it looks absolutely excellent with my Turquoise poplin rouched-waist dress.Therefore, I would have to recommend in good faith that you could then carry the mustardy yellow piping (or rick-a-rack) to the inside lining further increasing reversable glee.As you can tell, I have a thing for both mustardy yellow and turquoise, bordering on the unhealthy.

[Sold A Moke]

Go with the pink. So feminine and lovely. You're dress came out much better than the picture on the envelope. Much better than the other way around!Jennifer

[Catherine]

Turquoise piping, definitely!

[lucitebox]

I think white would have been very Lilly P, but, my second choice in keeping with the Pulitzer spirit would be pink. This is some of your Liberty fabric, right? Me likey!

[cheryl]

My vote would be for the pink. (I have a need to make everything pink lately, though) I love the fan fabric!

[Liz]

Turquoise for the "Pulitzer" look, but yea, I agree w/Kharma - I'd love to see the mustardy yellow. I wish I could wear mustardy yellow, because Kharma's enthusiasm is swaying me from my undying love of turquoise (from sky bluey to greeny) with red. But yellow...so "Anthropologie"!

[Becky O.]

If it were *me*, mustard yellow would be the choice. I always default to lime green, but that wouldn't pop as much as yellow. The button could always be your second choice. The pattern (lovely!) is small enough to support two popping colors.So, are you secretly hoping for more traffic : )

[San Antonio Sue]

I assume the lining will be a solid color. Put patch pockets inside the sections that come around to the front, and trim them with the same as the binding. Then, when you wear it reversed, the pockets will show, and not when you wear it print side out. Or, you could match the pockets; they'll nearly disappear and no one will notice.

[Little Hunting Creek]

I love this dress and I'd pick turquoise, [but then I always pick turquoise]. When faced with dilemmas like this I get samples of each color and lay them on the fabric in the width I'd use and stand back and see what looks right. It might be that the dark blue or peachy pink look best. This is so cute already! p.s. I love the rickrack idea too and that would be true to the time period as well.

[Carrie]

I'd line the flaps and put the pockets on the inner part of the dress, so I could flip the flap open and use the pocket.