I have made two versions of this dress, but I’m only 100% done with this one:
No, this is not the most awesome picture. It’s blurry, and I probably should have ironed the dress. The thing is that I’ve already made two other things, so I’m too far behind to worry about pictures being terrific. I’ll settle for Not Awful. I did need to cut off my head and feet though. I was squinting, and these shoes are wrong. I have the *perfect* shoes in Virginia.
I also made the other one, View B, which has sleeves of a sort and does not have an open back. I’ve actually worn it, but it’s going back for changes. The sleeves are unflattering, and the low-cut bust gaps and does not maintain bra invisibility. I added a pocket to the right side seam in both versions.
See the pattern here.
It comes together quick, and the longest step was cutting. The bodice is self lined (even the sleeved one) so there’s a whole 2nd set of pieces to be cut and marked. The skirt has one pattern piece cut 4x, so again, another set of cutting and marking. Even with that, this is a very quick pattern with clear, easy to understand instructions.
I intend to make another halter version in a dark batik fabric because I think I can get it kind of tiki-va-va-voom. I’ve really wanted a tiki-va-va-voom type dress since I saw this pattern (View A):
Because I’m sure I’ll never see that pattern for sale. What are the chances that I’d find it, it would be a reasonable price and it would be close enough to grade it to my size? I will grade up from a 34B or down from a 42B, but that’s as far as I can go, and many sexy-cute-vintage things seem to primarily be available in 30B.
I’ve been in St. Louis away from my Bernina and using a Kenmore that’s been sitting around gathering dust probably since the ’80s. I lost time fighting with this zipper because I didn’t have the right foot as well as other minor issues with the machine, most of which amount to me not being at all familiar with it. It’s perfectly serviceable, and I’m sure I’ll use it more this week before we go home.
*Well, any zipper foot. I bought a Universal Coats and Clark Invisible Zipper foot, but my experience with that was “universal, my ASS.”
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