Simplicity 8014 – Brown Denim Shirt-Dress | My Love Affair With Sewing

I have always liked shirt dresses. My very first shirt dress was a denim shirt dress that I purchased at 17 years old with my baby sitting money. I loved that dress. Now that I sew most of my clothes I’ve been looking for the “perfect” shirt dress pattern. I may have found it in Simplicity 8014.

I’ve had this brown denim in my stash for a while. I bought a printed cotton to use for the inner collar stand and cuffs as well as the sleeve placket. I figured the brown would need a little something to give it some oomph. Using a print for the inner cuff creates interest when I feel like unbuttoning the cuffs and flipping them up.

Once I had all of my fabric on-hand I had to decide what options I was going to sew. I chose to go with the shirt-tail hem and the long sleeves. I also chose to sew the tab inside the sleeve which allows me to roll my sleeves up when not buttoned down.

Even the back is cute on this dress.

I lengthened the dress by 2″ and added one button to the front because of the added length. Can you tell that I’m happy with my dress?

16 thoughts on “Simplicity 8014 – Brown Denim Shirt-Dress”

Very cute! It’s nice to see a shirt dress with all those nice details but with a slimmer skirt.

Lucy

March 30, 2016 at 2:37 am

Thank you Nancy!

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Great looking dress! Fit looks perfect. I have this pattern and fabric to sew it, need to find the time to do so!

Lucy

March 30, 2016 at 2:37 am

Thank you! Yes, more time for sewing is always a good thing.

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Gorgeous dress and that looks great on you.

Lucy

March 29, 2016 at 2:47 am

Thank you Lori.

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very sharp and I think the contrast gives it a lot of interest. I just sewed this pattern as well, interestingly the back seems too full on me and I’m trying to figure out how to fix it.