I have been planning to make this dress for years! My enthusiasm ramped up when I saw pictures of it without the bottom tier - thinking this would have so much interesting potential. I also was dreaming of see-through dresses with an underneath tank dress. Last summer I even committed and bought some Liberty voile on sale, since of course I never buy 3m of fabric unless I am reminded to do so by a specific pattern.
And finally it's the middle of summer again, and I had the time to put it together. It was a fun and effortless sew. I made XS, knowing that this pattern is very oversized. I hoped my shoulders wouldn't be too much for the smaller size but it has a lot of ease. The fabric is well behaved and it came together without any problems. I did want to add pockets, but I couldn't figure out exactly where they should go so I decided to save that for future renditions.
It was fun to make and I think it's pretty hilarious, as oversized floppy muumuu type things go. As anticipated I really hate the neck finish/long dangling ties. I think on future versions I'll just stick elastic in the neck instead. Definitely without the bottom tier, and definitely with great big pockets. Also I have seen a sleeveless hack and I would be up for that - so this pretty much went as I expected. I don't know how much I'll wear it in life - it go out a few times while I was in Fiji but overall I expect it to spend most of its time in my closet - but I want to do some experiments and see if I can get it to work for me.
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