Pink Palm Wilder

Summer is always on my mind and this summer has definitely brought the heat! I fell into a rabbit hole of florals while searching for a very special Telio fabric print. That’s when I learned that Fabricdotcom offers Telio fabrics.
I just celebrated my 37th BEarthday and I went on a bit of a fabric shopping spree to treat myself. So I purchased 2 Telio prints and 4 solid linen fabrics from Fabricdotcom. You can check out this haul on my IGTV here.
The Friday Pattern company released the Wilder Gown last year and I knew I needed to add it to my wardrobe. I purchased the pdf version of the pattern and decided to use my lightweight pink palm Telio fabric for the Wilder. This rayon fabric is so soft and the colors are so vibrant.

Construction

For this project I had to pull out my straight stitch plate. I love using my straight stitch plate for very delicate fabrics to prevent fabric from going into the feed dog. I also make sure to change me needle. I love Schmetz Microtex needles as they are super sharp and don’t snag my fabric. Change your needles people!

This pattern was fairly quick and easy to make but I must add that the pdf version does not have the skirt portion attached to the print out but it does come with the download. So you can find it in your download purchase or measure out the skirt portion yourself. I choose to use their measurements and make my own. It’s really just a square rectangle cut out 5 times.
Because I am not about that muslin life, I went ahead and cut and stitched my dress. Here’s what I noticed; the bodice portion was fine for the girls and I loved where the seam hit under my bust until I tied the neck. Was it bad enough to do a bust adjustment? No, but for the next wilder I will add about an inch to the bodice length. This is something I normally do to some patterns in the bust because I’m a true DD. I must also mention that I love how the pattern already has the lines in place to make a full bust adjustment if needed. Okay okay!
The Wilder gowns I’ve seen circulating have all kinds of hacks and I love to see them. I’m 5’10 so the length was definitely not being adjusted and 2 tiers were perfect for me. But I did want to jazz up the sleeves a little. I thought about adding a couple layers of gathered ruffles but I didn’t want to overdo it…this time! I decided to add ties to the hem of the sleeves to bring together with the neck tie. I simply cut out two extra ties of the neck tie pattern piece and use one for each edge of the sleeves. When I finished I realized if I would’ve made the sleeves on the bottom wider (to allow for gathering) I could’ve used the same casing method used on the neck. I will definitely do that for the next Wilder because I’m seriously making more!

Now for gathering the skirt! There are several different methods for gathering and I normally used the yarn method but with such fine fabric it just wasn’t the best option. So I went old school and used a basting stitch for my gathering. If your machine has a gathering foot, this would also be a great time to pull that foot out okurrrrr! I also decided for my next Wilder that I want more gathering in the skirt so instead of 2 for top tier I may do 3 and for the bottom tier I will use 4 (cutting out 7 instead of 5).

As always, thanks for stopping by! Tell me what you think about my first Wilder gown. Have you created this baby? If not, what are you waiting for? It’s so fun!

Peace & Blessings!