Now that the days are getting longer, I can fit in a photo session after work. So here is my tomato red V1314 dress in the early evening sunshine.
I thought I would be finished with the dress on Saturday morning, but I really struggled with finishing the neck. I had to unpick the binding twice. I'd love to tell you that the third time was the charm, but my final attempt still came out slightly gapey. It's not laying perfectly smooth and flat, which bugs me, but I couldn't cope with picking out more stitches and decided to move on.
I'm liking my hem lines a bit long these days for some reason. So, I lengthened the pattern by a few inches, which then turned out to be more than enough.
Rather than shortening the dress, I simply extended the gathering along the side seams, which stops at the hip in the pattern. That way more of the dress was ruched up, thus bringing the hem to where I wanted it.
The only other change I made was to taper in by about an inch on each side at the hem for a slightly pegged look. But I may go back and take the dress in just a bit at the midriff. There's some extra fabric there and the ruching isn't quite as, well, ruched as I'd like.
Overall, I give this dress a B. Maybe a B+. It's not perfect because of the neckline, but I like it. This is my second time making V1314 (first as a tunic here), and I doubt that it will be my last. Really, it's easy to sew and fits me very well overall.
I think this version will see a lot of action despite my quibbles with the neck. It's a fun color and easy to wear.
Happy sewing everyone!
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| Long shadows time of day. |
I thought I would be finished with the dress on Saturday morning, but I really struggled with finishing the neck. I had to unpick the binding twice. I'd love to tell you that the third time was the charm, but my final attempt still came out slightly gapey. It's not laying perfectly smooth and flat, which bugs me, but I couldn't cope with picking out more stitches and decided to move on.
I'm liking my hem lines a bit long these days for some reason. So, I lengthened the pattern by a few inches, which then turned out to be more than enough.
Rather than shortening the dress, I simply extended the gathering along the side seams, which stops at the hip in the pattern. That way more of the dress was ruched up, thus bringing the hem to where I wanted it.
The only other change I made was to taper in by about an inch on each side at the hem for a slightly pegged look. But I may go back and take the dress in just a bit at the midriff. There's some extra fabric there and the ruching isn't quite as, well, ruched as I'd like.
Overall, I give this dress a B. Maybe a B+. It's not perfect because of the neckline, but I like it. This is my second time making V1314 (first as a tunic here), and I doubt that it will be my last. Really, it's easy to sew and fits me very well overall.
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| Early Evening Rays |
I think this version will see a lot of action despite my quibbles with the neck. It's a fun color and easy to wear.
Happy sewing everyone!