This is Vogue 1046. I used a slinky dot fabric from Joann. I thought that using the slinky fabric would make it flow nicely. It does flow nicely. But there is just too much fabric. This needs to be redrafted so that the fullness is concentrated in the center of the dress, with no gathers going beyond the breasts and into the armpits. No No No. The other 2 reviewers of this dress on PR had no more success than I did in making this look cute.
At first I was thinking that it just doesn't look good cuz I'm a little on the Large side. But the other 2 reviewers were both thin. So that's not it. The problem is, the model on the pattern envelope is holding her hand on her hip in a way the pushes all the extra fabric back behind her so that one has no idea how much dress there really is. This was very disappointing. I thought it was going to be so cute! 
Here's my attempt at trying to make it wearable. Might have worked if it weren't for how thrown together it looks in the back.
And Natalie, this is not a good muumuu pattern because of the amount of work involved: the gathers, slip stitching the facing together at the shoulders, then slipstitching the facings down. Oh, and it's lined too. But it shouldn't be hard to find one. Any of the dress patterns out now that don't have any waist detail would work. How 'bout this one?
OH! This one would DEFINITELY work!
Sunday, April 26, 2009
I'm sticking to Panty Making
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2 comments:
You are right. There is way too much fabric and fullness. With all the work required to piece it together it should be fantabulous. The Butterick C version is something I could see myself in. I have the Amy Butler Anna Tunic in the dress version cut out, but there is no time to sew until later this summer :(
Until then I am going to admire your work, even when it doesn't turn out exactly as planned. Thanks for sharing.
Belted, well ... almost. Dang. But I don't really like it on the pattern envelope either.
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