I was excited about the dress in Lisette 2059, even though the shirt was a disappointment. After my initial successes I went on an online spending spree at www.stitchbird.co.nz, as one of the only online fabric stores in New Zealand. For this dress I had some interesting green linen-cotton stuff. I was figuring that it would be super comfortable.
The dress has a super easy construction once the gathers at the neck are done. I had a lot of trouble getting my stitching to hide on those gathers, but I guess you are supposed to remove the gather stitches once the gathers are held in place, and I didn't do that.
I also really like using the self fabric as a bias tape. It created a nice neckline - I so far totally hate facing! It flaps around! Argh! I haven't quite figured out what to do about that and I am hoping soon I will only make lined dresses and never have floppy facing again.
The belt took me about 3 hours though because it would absolutely not slide through itself. Three hours with a pair of pliers!
Once I had stitched this dress together I lost a lot of enthusiasm. It was so baggy...truly the neckline coming together improved this, but I had already gotten over it in my mind and offered this dress to a cousin who has a more generous figure than I do. This dress would have been more appealing if I had some more shape at the waist (not to mention boobs to speak of!), but the belt is the only defining element.
I also noticed my habit so far - that each pattern seems to teach me some skills but I am so far not confident about the results. I am still asking friends if they want dresses so that I don't keep a closet of the ones I'm not satisfied with. My excitement about each new project has spurred me on, but I definitely don't have the drive to work on each project until I like it and would wear it. I am not sure if this comes with time!
The dress has a super easy construction once the gathers at the neck are done. I had a lot of trouble getting my stitching to hide on those gathers, but I guess you are supposed to remove the gather stitches once the gathers are held in place, and I didn't do that.
I also really like using the self fabric as a bias tape. It created a nice neckline - I so far totally hate facing! It flaps around! Argh! I haven't quite figured out what to do about that and I am hoping soon I will only make lined dresses and never have floppy facing again.
The belt took me about 3 hours though because it would absolutely not slide through itself. Three hours with a pair of pliers!
Once I had stitched this dress together I lost a lot of enthusiasm. It was so baggy...truly the neckline coming together improved this, but I had already gotten over it in my mind and offered this dress to a cousin who has a more generous figure than I do. This dress would have been more appealing if I had some more shape at the waist (not to mention boobs to speak of!), but the belt is the only defining element.
I also noticed my habit so far - that each pattern seems to teach me some skills but I am so far not confident about the results. I am still asking friends if they want dresses so that I don't keep a closet of the ones I'm not satisfied with. My excitement about each new project has spurred me on, but I definitely don't have the drive to work on each project until I like it and would wear it. I am not sure if this comes with time!
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