I always meant to revisit this pattern after the first one I made. I actually did make one that was gifted to someone else. I wanted to sew one for moi with a little more ease in the backside. Here is version number three.
I added 1 3/4" inches fanned out from the centre back hemline area and about another 1/2" fanned out from the side hemline. With this, I was able to achieve the desired amount of ease.
This version does not have pockets. The fabric is a light-weight tweed from Northwest / Marshall Fabrics back-in-the-day when you could pick up tweed for $3.99 / metre. That was about a decade ago.
Yup, there is more fabric left over. At that deal I picked up the remaining bolt.
I do like the pink specs in the tweed fabric and chose to highlight it by sewing a rolled hem in pink thread. This will be perfect with the pink turtleneck sweater dress I made last year. So what will I do with the remaining 5.3 metres of tweed? Stay tuned.
Project Details
Seams: 2.6 straight stitch
Seam finish: Serged interior seam finish, edges are finished with a rolled hem
Fabric: 2.4 metres
Additional Tools & Supplies: Cutting table, scissors, pins, pin cushion, clapper, tailor's chalk, Janome sewing machine, Janome serger, threads, measuring tape, ruler, iron, ironing board and precious, glorious free time.
Happy National Sewing Month!
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