HONESTLY; & THIS WEEK'S SEWING PROJECT...

...  I'm not going to say much more about these two dresses, but did want to mention that "HONESTLY!!!, both of my recently sewn dresses fit and wore EXACTLY as I envisioned".    Just want to show pictures of me wearing them although the fabric is dark and didn't photograph well.

VERY EASY VOGUE 8764

VOGUE VERY EASY OPTIONS 8413

 KarlaF from Atlanta wanted to see a picture of the poly-rib knit I used for the Vogue dress.  Karla hope you can see the ribs in this picture.  She also wanted to know why I remove excess pattern ease from knit sleeve caps.  Karla I'll address that topic in my next post.

There's not much I would change about either of the dresses.  Both were comfortable  - I'm so in love with the ponte roma knit.  Hope you are not tired of me talking about it yet, but there's a lot of it in my sewing future.  It will be the topic of a few more posts to go.  I even did a little research on it yesterday and will let you know what I learned in a later post.


This week's sewing project is yet another dress.  This time something a bit vintage as the pattern dates back to 1969.

PHOTO COURTESY OF:  McCall's of course and  ZipZapKap Esty Shop

 I found this pattern back during the summer at the antique/real junk store that Ebony introduced me to several years ago.  It was  instant love mainly because it reminded me a lot of the dresses I use to wear back in high school.  I've been feeling a bit retro-ish  lately dreaming of A-lined dresses made in knit.  I'll be making the long sleeved teal version.

I started working on grading my size 14 pattern back in September, but choked when I found the pattern piece that particularly attracted  me to the pattern in the first place (the side bodice inset that creates the princess dart detail) was missing.   Actually I was T-ed off (one of the down sides of buying used patterns)!   This weekend I finally Cowgirled up and braved drafting the missing pattern piece - which really wasn't hard at all.  


I worked up a quick and dirty markup on Saturday, and cut my fashion fabric yesterday while visiting with my baby girl.  Here's a picture of the proposed fabric - that's right - another  ponte roma knit.  How good does it get!

This dress will be a substitute for #1 (the color blocked dress)    on my Fall Hit list.  You know it's a girl's prerogative to change her mind - right???