Remember when I was enjoying this pattern? I enjoyed myself again this week fitting it for Clara. I made it up in this gorgeous cornflower blue, a perfect color but a dubious fiber--from a little hole-in-the-wall shop in Chicago where the proprietor assured me too quickly that *all* the jerseys were *all* cotton. However, it was cheap and made a great muslin for the pattern.
And now I can make the next one up in quality jersey, with fitting assurance.
As with my own dresses, the front inset belt is simplified and narrowed, the side zipper closure is omitted, and the front skirt was laid out to remove four inches of fullness from the center gathers--I think it's plenty full without. And just as I did for myself, I removed about an inch of ease from the midriff, after choosing the "correct" measurements on the pattern envelope.
I love the top crossover look. Pretty color on a pretty girl!:)
ReplyDeleteChristina
How slim she is! It fits to a T! Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLisateresa
send a little spring this way, please
Clara is just so lovely, she must be a dream to sew for. The color is perfect on her, and the dress looks "like it was made for her". Oh, wait, it was Very nicely done, Anna!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful dress on lovely Clara!
ReplyDeleteThanks for reminding us of this pattern, Anna, and your adjustments.
Stunning--the girl and the dress.
ReplyDeletewhat a lovely figure and a gorgeous shade of blue!
ReplyDeleteI would love a dress from this pattern! So so flattering!
ReplyDeleteCan I ask you, how do you hem your knits? Mine always come out all stretched out. I use the "stretch" stitch on my machine, which I think is something like two forward, one back, but it is still wonky. Would love some adice. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI don't hem them at all! They won't ravel.
ReplyDeleteYou have done a marvelous job, Anna! Such a nice shade of blue, too.
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