Yarn Crawl

Yet Another B5147 Sheath Dress...

I realized I hadn't shown a photo of one of the B5147 sheath dresses I made that I happen to be wearing today. Here it is, sans sweater. I'm wearing it with and without the sweater throughout the day depending on what I'm doing/who I'm meeting with. I also decided to leave my new comfy Ecco leather flipflops on that I walked from the train in, at the encouragement of my friend/coworker/photographer JoAnn.

Something's off about the fit on this one - this is one of the earlier ones I made (actually the first one I made tapering the bottom) and I think I messed something up on either the seam allowances around the waist to hip or the fisheye darts, but it's wearable and comfortable.

New Sewing FO: New Look 6935

I decided to try a new pattern this weekend with some cotton I bought and it is very wearable for a wearable muslin!

Pattern: New Look 6935
View: A without the ribbon
Modifications: cut the smallest size at the shoulders and neckline and my usual NL pattern size everywhere else, did a larger scale rolled hem instead of a traditional hem, used an invisible zipper instead of a lapped zipper

Modifications for next time: will use 1" seam allowances on the shoulder seams instead of 5/8", will do small back neck darts to avoid having the back neck stand away from my body, may fully line inside instead of just following the pattern and lining the bodice

Verdict: love it! I can see myself making more of these, for sure.

With sweater - at work

Without sweater, not for work (though I could wear it to work if the bodice was just a little tighter/closer to my body)