Ah, who doesn't fall in love browsing Merchant & Mills website?
Had to give this a try. Not too many reviews online though. Now that I browse them again after the fact, I suspect I could have approached this pattern with something resembling a...MUSLIN!! It is cut super narrow in the shoulders.
Size 10: based on my bust measurement. I was annoyed that there are no final measurements available.
Fabric: double gauze by Kokka, found in Berlin. Great to sew, ungreat to unpick. Disintegrates like mad when it's not staystitched.
Length: hacked off about 6'' from the pattern length. (I cut at the final tick mark.)
Opinion: No trouble with the burrito neck instructions except at one spot right at the middle, where you really need to sew only up to a certain point on the center shoulder. Hence the unpicking. If you do it wrong, the front doesn't line up with the back at the shoulder quite right. I ironed a lot to get things to behave and I was fairly satisfied overall.
Final opinion: Hm. Shapeless sack. If I took a direct 2'' chunk out of the middle of the front, the dress fits better. Also, the shoulders. Terrible shoulders. They have a stupid pouf behind my shoulder, they restrict my movement, they look too narrow...I'm wishing for a fairy godmother to appear and tell me what I need to DO to fix the shoulder, but this is what I suspect would help:
-1'' shoulder widening
-and I think this is time for the forward shoulder manipulation. By moving that high point of the shoulder forward, I would regain movement and would have height where I need it. Although I believe you can also just remove that excess fabric. It is my least favourite feature of shoulders...gathering! puffiness! uck.
Plus:
-I would take that 2'' straight out of the front. Lower the front neckline to compensate, it is quite high.
I am dissuaded from doing this because of the two piece back! There is a chance I will come back to it as I am determined to eventually find the perfect shift dress pattern.
The photos don't look as bad as I feel, but this one is still probably looking for a new home.
Had to give this a try. Not too many reviews online though. Now that I browse them again after the fact, I suspect I could have approached this pattern with something resembling a...MUSLIN!! It is cut super narrow in the shoulders.
Size 10: based on my bust measurement. I was annoyed that there are no final measurements available.
Fabric: double gauze by Kokka, found in Berlin. Great to sew, ungreat to unpick. Disintegrates like mad when it's not staystitched.
Length: hacked off about 6'' from the pattern length. (I cut at the final tick mark.)
Opinion: No trouble with the burrito neck instructions except at one spot right at the middle, where you really need to sew only up to a certain point on the center shoulder. Hence the unpicking. If you do it wrong, the front doesn't line up with the back at the shoulder quite right. I ironed a lot to get things to behave and I was fairly satisfied overall.
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| Here at the intersection of the arm and the body is this persistent sleeve fit problem of mine. I don't know how to fix it. Some suggestion is that I need to actually bring the armscye closer to my body, but my range of motion is already terrible in this dress. |
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| sorry I didn't get a better back picture. It does hang straight. |
Final opinion: Hm. Shapeless sack. If I took a direct 2'' chunk out of the middle of the front, the dress fits better. Also, the shoulders. Terrible shoulders. They have a stupid pouf behind my shoulder, they restrict my movement, they look too narrow...I'm wishing for a fairy godmother to appear and tell me what I need to DO to fix the shoulder, but this is what I suspect would help:
-1'' shoulder widening
-and I think this is time for the forward shoulder manipulation. By moving that high point of the shoulder forward, I would regain movement and would have height where I need it. Although I believe you can also just remove that excess fabric. It is my least favourite feature of shoulders...gathering! puffiness! uck.
Plus:
-I would take that 2'' straight out of the front. Lower the front neckline to compensate, it is quite high.
I am dissuaded from doing this because of the two piece back! There is a chance I will come back to it as I am determined to eventually find the perfect shift dress pattern.
The photos don't look as bad as I feel, but this one is still probably looking for a new home.
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