I loved this dress in the magazine when I first saw it. I’m not sure what was holding me up; maybe all the pattern pieces? There really aren’t that many. I really love it in this red but I’m trying not to buy fabric and use what I have. I’m not on a silly fabric fast or anything, that would be silly.
Let me see, what changes did I make to it . . . I shortened it but left everything else alone. It’s pretty hard to photograph being that I was inside at about 3pm and the fabric is a darker color.
It looks equally nice and fitted without the belt (in my opinion).
The back has an invisible zipper to my mid butt. I know it’s hard to see everything with the bad lighting. It’s Alaska, gah. It’s twilight most of the winter.
It has cute little darts in the sleeves that I love.
This is where all the seams in the front meet. This is a nubby wool that kind of more of a gray-navy than anything else.
How fun is this lining? I love that it’s so bright and vivid inside this relatively dull dress.
Here's my inside finishing of the invisible zipper.
I used a lace hem facing and handsewed the hem.
On the sleeves and hem, I just hemmed the lining up and out of the way. The sleeves flare quite a bit and I didn’t want to deal with trying to get everything to ease the right way with all that flare.
Other notes of interest: this is a tall pattern but seems to fit me fine with no adjustments, the neck is really high and almost claustrophobic, I love it!
