I made this dress many years ago. I was so confused by things - a lined dress, with a gathered lining! I really worried about how floofy it would be. I therefore used silk for the skirt lining and that dress was oddly one of the most amazing things ever, despite quite heavy initial misgivings. Eventually I gave it away thinking I could surely improve on it...(?!) and I landed on this heavy textured viscose as the victim of such high hopes. It has languished for a long time in the stash, vaguely united with this pattern.
Finally got around to it, and realised I didn't have enough fabric to self line the bodice. I found some black poplin and used that. Size is 34 and this time I didn't line the skirt, that was the whole point of using a heavier fabric.
Here was the original. It is oddly anticlimactic to pull out the pattern pieces that caused me such angst, and see a super basic lined tank dress. I guess I have learned a LOT in my self-taught sewing journey since 2015.
No thrills in this construction. I stay stitched, I burritoed, (I did NOT do the Vogue method that caused me trouble the first time around) I overlocked all the skirt bits, and added pockets, of course. The only drama is that the poplin is a weirdly stable feeling fabric in comparison to the viscose so the bodice feels like too much. Hopefully it will calm down with wear. I like this, I really love the low cut of the back, and summer was a good time to try it out - but after a couple of wears I just wasn't feeling this one so I gave it to a friend who loves it. Weirdly I think I prefer the full silk lining, gathers and all. It adds something. I also don't really like the solid feel of lining the top with a different textured fabric. I could see myself making this again but I would do a full silk lining as on the original dress (shocking!) though of course still with pockets.
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