The Striped Dress

On my most recent trip to SAS Fabrics (in Tempe) I found the most amazing striped, satiney fabric. It was one of those moments, where I saw it and knew immediately what type of dress I wanted to make out of it.

Problem was, I didn't have a pattern for the dress I was picturing in my head. And in all my endless hours of searching patterns online, I couldn't think of any that would fit the bill.

Then I realized I have two patterns, that combined, would be exactly what I was after. 

I used the Cricket dress shape, and used the bodice of the Geranium dress. I taped those pieces together and made some adjustments to make it just so,