July 28, 2023

Summer SoHo: the sewing tutorial from L'Oeil Fauve!

Sewing patterns are offered by season, in their own collection universes. The beautiful SoHo is part of our last winter collection "Empire State of Fauve" , and it embodies the perfect wrap dress, elegant and feminine. This model is part of the story of my heroine, an urban woman, who goes fast, who wants beautiful clothes, without frills, timeless.

When a pattern is designed to be a wardrobe essential, it's a shame to limit it to one season, and I really wanted to see this pretty dress and blouse sewing pattern make its way into the summer wardrobe as well as the winter one.

A free sewing tutorial

Every summer we offer you in our webzine L'Œil Fauve a sewing tutorial, and it is often a hack that allows you to play with your Maison Fauve patterns. I thought that my "Summer SoHo" would be a nice idea for this new edition: a feminine sewing pattern, sewn in colorful and bright fabrics, for a photo shoot in a place that is also very colorful.

We offer you the armhole cleanliness pieces that allow you to sew the SoHo dress/blouse without the sleeves. These pattern pieces seem trivial, but they have several advantages: they are graded, perfectly calibrated, and above all they will allow you to redesign the armhole of your garment yourself. Indeed, a sleeveless dress is not simply a garment from which the sleeves have been removed ;) The armholes, for a nice drape, must be slightly indented, in order to free the arm just enough.

New version, new sewing video tutorial

To guide you through each step, we shot a video tutorial of the summer version of SoHo . And we killed two birds with one stone, because it is a version with visible buttoning and without belts that is filmed. This suggestion is indeed provided for in the original pattern but had not been the subject of a dedicated video.

This pretty buttoning reinforces the light blouse look of SoHo, and the agreement between the sequin buttons and our Léo Bleu Lagon viscose poplin gives it a fresh side, the flexibility of the fabric and the buttoning perfectly highlight the work of the cut.

The absence of a belt gives it a slightly less fitted look (SoHo already has the line supported by pleats in the front and back). The advantage of removing the belt is that you can, if you wish, tuck the garment into your pants without being bothered by the extra volume of the knot in the back.

But our beautiful summer SoHo is of course wonderful in a wrap dress!

A dress that doesn't lack allure

In the dress version, there are 2 looks that clash: on one side the beautiful SoHo is bright and colorful in Ultra Violet viscose twill , and on the other SoHo plays the elegant in Vague Art Déco viscose poplin fabric .

Whatever the version, we find the detail that changes from the more classic models of wrap dress: the belt does not cut the waistline on the front of the garment, the line is not hindered and the fabric can thus express its drape well.

In plain, the strong color and the drape of the viscose are the stars of the outfit, and Julie has crazy chic in her dress.

The printed version benefits from the advantages of the pattern construction: the clean line highlights the pattern well, and I took advantage of the 2-part back to insert a gold piping , which subtly brings out the neutral tones of the fabric.

To find the assembly steps for the belted dress, go to the first SoHo sewing video tutorial , posted online when the pattern was launched. And this new variation skips the assembly of the sleeve and the cuff, the sewing pattern will address all levels of seamstresses, including the beginner seamstress who will be able to progress according to the versions, gradually integrating the different techniques.

Plain, printed, with or without sleeves, as a dress or blouse, SoHo will definitely find a place in your wardrobe!