Earlier this year I used this fabric for a retro blouse. Jo originally used this fabric for an a-line dress which looked fabric. She does influence my style choices.
I used strips of interfacing to stabilise the neckline, the centre back seams and the centre back split.
My overlocker ‘spat the dummy’ and didn’t play nice so I used french seams on the sleeves. I haven’t finished the dress seams because the dress in lined and the fabric doesn’t unravel easily.
Because this is an all-over pattern I used a pale-coloured piping at the neckline.
Pattern adjustments:
The dress length from the waist is 50cm and I shape the back hem so it doesn’t sit too high up and looks even from the side.
The v-neckline was easy to achieve by folding the pattern into a v-shape based on how low I wanted it to be. In this case it’s 10cm below the bodice neckline.
These sleeves sewed in really easily.
I took a lot of care to mark the notches but I still double check as I sew.
There have been times when I sew the cuffs in the wrong way.
As you can see, the fit is great.
The shaping worked.
The other beauty of this fabric is you can’t see the creases so it will be brilliant as an office dress.
Thank you Minerva Crafts for this fabric.
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