The world is full of mysteries that humanity is probably not mature enough to know, let alone understand. There’s probably no human on earth who hasn’t asked themselves questions like “why am I here?” or “what does the future hold for me?”
Well, among those same questions is an even more mind-boggling mystery that we ourselves have created, and that is “why don’t women’s clothing that should obviously have pockets not have pockets?” We as a species have come a long way, created technological marvels and went beyond our fleshy limits in many aspects, but apparently having pockets was too much to ask for at this point.
To illustrate how enormous this issue is, Bored Panda has covered the topic discussing all the times women were so sick of their small or non-existent pockets, they vocalized their frustration online.
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This woman made an amazing dress that comes with actual pockets
Image credits: roxisasewingmachine
However, hope is not lost. A woman with the username roxisasewingmachine on Imgur faced this issue head on and simply decided to make her own rose-red embroidered dress. With pockets, of course. “Sorry for the dusty mirror! I had a hard time getting a decent photo because of the sheen of the fabric. I still love the dress though,” she wrote in her now-viral post.
“I made view A of Vogue pattern v9239”
Image credits: roxisasewingmachine
“The fabric is a burgundy stretch cotton sateen from JoAnn Fabrics”
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She used burgundy stretch cotton sateen to make a Vogue pattern v9239 dress from scratch. The pattern didn’t have pockets in its design (sigh), so she simply designed and made her own. She went so far as to even install a side zipper.
“Cutting the fabric tends to be the most time-consuming step for me”
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“The dress didn’t call for pockets so I drafted my own pocket pattern!”
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“Here is what the pockets look like sandwiched between the fashion fabric and lining. I made them really deep and the bottom is folded, not seamed, so it won’t show a horizontal line.”
“For an added challenge, I chose to install a side zipper”
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“The visible part of the pocket is made from the red fabric, but I made the rest of the pocket with [the] lining fabric. I tested it out on the dress form before assembling”
“I embroidered a cute bow on the back of the dress”
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The dress is already beautiful itself, but, as the cherry on top, the artist also embroidered a cute bow on the back of the dress. The design came from Urban Threads.
“The embroidery design was from Urban Threads”
Image credits: roxisasewingmachine
Image credits: roxisasewingmachine
“I chose to interline the skirt, meaning I treated the red fashion fabric and the plaid lining fabric as one”
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“Look at that beautiful Hong Kong finish”
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“Rather than a slit, I chose to add a box pleat on the back of the skirt,” the artist wrote. “I used the same seam binding method around the zipper. I’m pretty proud of this one,” she added.
“I love adding extra little details, like these bra strap keepers”
Image credits: roxisasewingmachine
The dress artist has many more tutorials up on her Imgur account, which you can check out at your leisure.
by Neringa Utaraitė via Bored Panda - Source
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