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Tweed Double Cloth Zip Panelled Pinafore Dress

wool tweed double cloth zippy dress

Bess in her prototype tweed dress she made for her final collection with six zips opening up the panels (the zips have extra pullers so can be undone in a multitude of ways for different silhouettes).

Fabrics and Notions:
Laurent Garigue double sided wool tweed in charcoal and ivory
Big spot poly satin
Black continuous zipping with extra pullers
Red grosgrain ribbon
Black fold-over grosgrain binding
Self made wide bias binding
Iron-on reinforced stay tape
Iron-on stay tape

Pattern: Bess’s own (but is a pretty basic panelled shift)

tweed double cloth zippy dress
tweed double cloth zippy dress
wool tweed double cloth continuous zipping dress
wool tweed double cloth continuous zipping dress