Instead of sewing practical things like pants and more t-shirt-y tops I thought I would sew this cute little dress. It is a petite so I'm not sure how that will change the fit. I will not do my shoulder to bust tuck seeing as there is probably less room in that area already. I have this cute turquoise flower print that I want to match with a brown and maybe a white. This is the line drawing with several possibilities. What do you think? I am thinking of making it short-sleeved. And I really have never had luck with a back facing pieces. I am planning to leave it out but not sure what to do about the front facings. They have to be there to finish off the zipper in the front. Hmmmmmm . . . tuck them into the shoulder seams? Use the back facing piece?? Sigh. They never work for me. They are always a dismal failure and stick up funny.
I was inspired by
Blooms review at Pattern Review a few weeks ago. And then, a week ago I won this BWOF on eBay (along with two others -- woohooo!) and decided it was meant to be. I am planning on making the size 18 which corresponds to my measurements.
Whatcha think? I am leaning toward the short-sleeves with the white collar.
ETA: Thanks Melissa! She told me where to find the
BWOF Workshops for making petite adjustments. I'll just do the opposite of what they did to un-petite it. It shows that on a bodice you would shorten the shoulder to bust height by 1cm and shorten the bust to hip area by 1cm. I will leave the shoulder to bust tuck but will compare the other one with another pattern. Thanks Melissa.
