This is a great dress pattern, there's not much fit to it, it's a simple blousy shirt dress. with a self belt.
back view
There is a front and back yoke with some hand stitching on the inside. Also, there's hand-stitching at the cuffs - all of this is meant to finish the seams on the inside.
This pattern isn't designed for knits, nor are the instructions written for knits. Because of that, I omitted several of the steps and did my own thing. I cut my usual size 12. I didn't finish the seams on the inside because I thought it might make things bulky; I set the sleeves in flat also. Using a knit here meant that I spent a lot less time in construction, but I would definitely try this pattern with a beautiful charmeuse or crepe, just gorgeous, and so easy!
side pockets
collar and neck
There are two collar options, and NO BUTTONS OR ZIPPERS, YEA!! If you do choose to use a knit as I did, I think I would recommend view A (small rounded collar), just to cut down on bulk. Here, I ended up topstitching the collar to make it behave, and it turned out fine.
Another cute detail is the hem. There is a shaped front hem option, which I used. I used steam-a-seam and then a double needle to sew the hem in place.
This is a great pattern! I think I'm needing to go buy a nice piece of emerald green charmeuse or faille, or crepe and make this up again.
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Oh I am dying to sew this pattern...it's been sitting on my table for the last few weeks but I just can't decide what fabric to go for. Your version looks fab! Great job.
2/8/13 12:31 PM
This is very cute - love the fabric!
2/8/13 1:06 PM
Your dress looks great and I love the fabric it makes the dress extra interesting.
2/8/13 1:21 PM
Great dress! I also have this pattern on my short list to make. I love your results, nice job and thanks for the review!
2/8/13 1:51 PM
What a lovely dress - great fabric for it!
2/8/13 9:59 PM
Gorgeous dress!
2/8/13 10:12 PM
Just wonderful!! Thank you for your review!!
5/31/13 9:30 PM