Nursing Friendly Envelope Dress

Hi from me and my 36 week bump!

As I approach the delivery of my son (Hugo!), I’m eager to find garments that are both nursing friendly AND my style. This is turning up to be hard to find! So…to Instagram hashtags and my sewing machine I go!

The Cris Woods Envelope Dress has been in the queue for some time, but it wasn’t until I saw Tori from The Sewing Things Blog create a nursing friendly version that I decided to pull the trigger!

Tori inserted an invisible zipper into the neckline front seam, a super simple and incredibly functional hack. Absolutely brilliant!

I shamelessly used her hack and dug through my zipper stash. I didn’t have an invisible zipper that fit the bill, but I did have this apple-green vintage one that I was instantly drawn to. I love the contrast of the teal rayon linen (found at Joann’s on sale last year) and the green.

I simply followed the pattern instructions as well as the zipper instructions found on the packaging to place the zipper in the front seam at the top.

The only other modification I made was adding vents to the bottom side seams to make walking a little less restricted. I didn’t even have to hem the dress bc the selvedge edge was just too cute to hide!

And that’s it! This is a GREAT beginner friendly pattern that accommodates body size change (can I get an amen?!) as well as changing seasons. I’m excited to style it for fall!

I may make a belt to accompany the dress once my body settles into its new norm in a few months. We will see how sleep deprived I am! 🙃

Thank you to Cris and Tori for inspiring me!!