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A dress win! McCalls 6884

I recently did an audit of my patterns (see here) and was disturbed by how many of them were dresses.  The upshot is, I own about 20% dress patterns when I would probably wear them less than 5% of the time.  I also discovered I make more dresses than other things, despite them not ever really making me feel comfortable.

So, of course my most recent finish is a dress (argh!).  This is McCalls 6884 in Robert Kaufman Laguna Knit Jersey and was a kit from Craftsy.


Sorry for the terrible lighting - it was a rush job on a cloudy day before work..Also - what am I looking at??

I have to say I like this dress.  I believe it to be more flattering than it looks here (though perhaps I have made the crossover a little too high, given I am likely to wear a cami underneath anyway).


Overall the dress is pretty comfortable and I like the length of the sleeves.

The pattern was pretty straightforward to make up, though I didn't like the way the wrap at the front was handled.  I came very close to stretching the neckline beyond saving because I kept having to frick about with it.  I also had to take a fair bit (like several inches each side!) off the side seams from the waist down - they were expecting a very different hip and thigh profile to mine for the size!

A quick look at the model in the dress confirms for me that they are expecting this to be quite plunging at the neckline.


Just looking at this and realising I like the length of her sleeves better.  Why didn't I make that?

Am also thinking I wish I had made view C, where the tie doesn't wrap around the body (see below).  Maybe I can work out how to tie it differently so it doesn't wrap around the front...




Not much else to say on this - it was quick to sew and the fabric is really soft and has reasonable recovery for jersey.  I am likely to wear it to work and feel pretty good, though it's not knocking my socks off (the tie gets a bit annoying).  It's pretty exciting to have another dress win in my arsenal, though I really want to stop sewing things I won't wear so much and get on with some pants!!!

I leave you with a delightful picture of me in the dress which should have been an out-take.  Whatever just happened I am seriously underwhelmed...!!


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  1. This looks great! I have the same issue, too many dresses. I hope you will wear this though! I like the length of the sleeves you chose, perfect for summer.

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