I made view B, size S with a lovely, navy (almost black) and cream floral linen blend. Overall, I love this dress because it is my first publicly-wearable dress (and by extension my first publicly-wearable outfit). Also, it's ridiculously comfortable because it's a sack with a built in belt. And it's a fantastic length. That's my problem with commercial dresses, they're always two inches too short and I feel like I'm going to flash everyone and their mother when I move.
Interesting design elements include:
- little yoke piece in the shoulder strap
- ties are built in to the back dart
- little pleats on shoulder
A few firsts for me with this dress:
1. Making pleats. There's pleats in the shoulder which are adorable, but for some reason I had trouble figuring out what the instructions were asking (I know that's silly - just match up the lines and sew.... but for some reason I psyched myself out).
2. Applying a facing. I'm gonna jump on the I-hate-facings bandwagon. They're floppy, flappy, annoying. I should tack them down to the side seams, but I haven't done that yet.
3. Applying commercial bias tape. I'd watched a TON of tutorials for bias tape when I was making Simplicity 1589, but I hadn't used any yet. It went fairly well until I added it to the last armhole. Unfortunately, I grabbed a bit of the facing when I was sewing, and it pulled the shoulder a little. It just leaves the shoulder with a bubbled appearance rather than lying flat. Boo.
4. Used my rolled hem foot. YAY ROLLED HEMS.
All in all, I'm pleased with the outcome. I wore it out to get groceries and buy more patterns at JoAnn's (Butterick was on sale!). At JoAnn's I had a lovely conversation with a lady about the sergers that were on sale. She asked ME (little old me) about my opinion! WHAT?! It was so cool.
Next project is another dress for my family vacation to Galveston!
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