Saraste Dress

I've only had this cut out for over a year and finally got to it. The Saraste Dress is from the
Breaking the Pattern Book. I made the Solina Dress from this book too, but that looked nothing like is was supposed to because I had to take out the tucks and ties from the front to make it fit.

Second time around the sizing is better, it's a tiny bit tight in the bust and too short, but I ran out of fabric. I used different sleeves because of the shortage of fabric. I find that the sizing is
about the same as Burda patterns.

The fabric is my standard (for winter) cheap ($2.99) flannel from JoAnn's. But it's bright, warm, durable and did I say, cheap!

 

One Out of Four Ain't Bad

This is Simplicity 8786, This dress fits okay, it is a little short waisted, but I don't really mind that. This is a remake of a wadder, I used the skirt and the sleeves from that dress. Don't know if it was worth the effort. I would like to use the pattern as shown, I think it would be very slimming if any one might need that like me!

This dress looks really good from the front! The back is just straight with darts. I should know by now that that does not work for me. I either need to add a waist seam or have a larger flare. The back is a little tight too, but that's one of my normal corrections to a pattern (that I didn't make). I'm going to keep this one, maybe I'll lose some of my winter weight. Ha, ha!

I went on a independent pattern splurge on black Friday, and this was one of them. Who would think there would be any fitting issues in a dress like this. Well, if I stand perfectly still there would be no issues. It seemed tight in the upper bust, back and sleeves. I would like to make this again, but I would take one of my TNT patterns and re-draw the cutting lines. One warning to shorter people, both of these patterns are long. I'm 5'8" and the floreat dress almost touched the ground in the front. Another reason I don't like this dress is the color, it looks lighter on and it blends with my skin tone and it looks like a nightgown.

Right now I'm kind of down on independent pattern companies, because I don't make muslins and it's really hit or miss on how they fit. I do like Hot Patterns, because they fit me right out of the envelope.

 This is Vogue 8938 and I've sewn this before, I even tried it on before I started cutting. This is a comfortable and warm day dress, the one dress that I actually like.