I’ve been a massive fan of Eurovision since I was a little kid and this was the first time it’s been hosted in the UK since 1998, so if there’s ever an excuse for a special make it was this one!

I used the “Magnolia Boat Neck Dress” pattern from My Golden Thimble, which I’ve used before and is fairly beginner-friendly. It comes with all kinds of options for different necklines, pockets, additional ruffles etc but for this one I just stuck to the basics. I did make the pocket insides out of some red cotton scraps though because why the heck not, although I can’t figure out how to attach more than one image to show you…

The main fabric is just some flag print polycotton that you can find all over eBay, technically it wasn’t 100% accurate to the list of participating countries this year but hey, close enough.

We had a fantastic time in Liverpool, and as luck would have it the person sitting in front of us in the arena recognised my dress from a Mastodon post about it the day before! What are the chances?!

Pattern link: https://www.mygoldenthimble.com/summer-dress-sewing-pattern-boat-neck/

  •  Kamirose   ( @Kamirose@beehaw.org ) 
    5•1 year ago

    I’m an American who was introduced to Eurovision last year, any suggestions of fun songs to look into? I loved the UK’s entry last year, and also loved the goofier songs from Norway and Moldova. And of course Ukraine’s was fire.

    And your dress looks amazing!

    •  thegiddystitcher   ( @thegiddystitcher@beehaw.org ) OP
      5•1 year ago

      Thanks! Honestly if you didn’t keep up with it this year you missed an AMAZING year. They changed the voting in semifinals to televote only (no juries) which meant all the funnest songs made it in.

      From this year my faves were Latvia (didn’t qualify, bit too normal I think!), Serbia, Finland, Australia. Sweden won so that’s worth investigating, and Belgium was a 90s-tastic gay celebration. Austria was a big hit even with my friends hearing it for the first time on the night.

      Bangers from previous years that you missed include Ukraine 2021 (Ukraine are basically always good), Norway 2019, Iceland 2019, Cyprus 2018, Israel 2015, Greece 2014…ok I could go on like that for a really long time but I have work to do lol.