McCall's 6711

McCall's 6711, a photo by becky b.'s sew & tell on Flickr.

I'm on an easy sewing binge and this fit the bill! I used some leftover faux leather for the yokes of the dress and the fabric was from the red tag section at JoAnne's.

McCall's 6711, a photo by becky b.'s sew & tell on Flickr.

Butterick 5892

Butterick 5892, a photo by becky b.'s sew & tell on Flickr.

Something easy to sew. I lengthened it about two inches. I had a floral print that I wanted to use with this stripe, but I just couldn't figure it out. So the stripe is the skirt and the other print will be a dress.

Butterick 5892, a photo by becky b.'s sew & tell on Flickr.

McCall's 6553

McCall's Fashion Star Pattern, a photo by becky b.'s sew & tell on Flickr.

I've had this dress ready to go since March, but the weather hadn't been cooperating.

The center portion is silk, the most expensive fabric I've ever purchased (Harts Fabric). I washed the fabric before sewing. The black linen lost all of it's hand so I used about three layers of spray starch. Silk is easy to preshrink, just hand wash in shampoo, wrap in a towel and iron dry. I do this with vintage scarfs that I find.

On this dress I added a casing on the front because I know from past experience that just adding a belt does not work because it just get bunchy.

I do like this dress, it's very comfortable.

McCall's Fashion Star Pattern, a photo by becky b.'s sew & tell on Flickr.

I had this dress longer in the front and I think it's still too short, it hits at a really strange spot on the knee.

McCall's Fashion Star, a photo by becky b.'s sew & tell on Flickr.

And the pattern.