I broke down and gotten this pattern again. I know it seems profligate to get another copy of a pattern that I already own, but I only have this pattern in a larger bust size (bought it when I was still nursing and thought I would be living in the land of the ample-chested forever) and, honestly, it’s much easier for me to spend $8 on eBay than two hours redrafting. welcome to my first-world life, the next excursion begins in twelve minutes.
I have to say that this is one of my favorite necklines in the history of the dress (and/or the neck). It’s just the ideal combo of sweet and elegant, and it is really fun both to make and to wear.
A few years back, just before I started blogging, I made this bodice about eight different times. There was an Eiffel tower print, and a black-and-white print, and a blue kind of atomic/lava-lamp blob print, and a few others I’m sure I’m not remembering. They all got worn into shreds, and rightly so.
It’s also freakishly quick to make (unlike a lot of those “sew it today, wear it tonight!” patterns I see). There are a few darts, a few seams, a side zipper, and a hem, and boom, you’re done and walking out the door in it (and, if you’re me, trailing many, lots of tiny pieces of thread, but that’s not the PATTERN’S fault).
So: if I had a dress A Day stamp of approval, or ribbon, or underwriting laboratory, this pattern would be stamped, be-ribboned, and certified for all on- and off-label uses.
And maybe this time I’ll even make the little jacket!
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