You can see below that I used every possible square inch of fabric for this dress. If I were a larger size I would have had to make something different.
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There is a seam connecting the bottom rust colored band with the striped section. I needed to cut into the large band of stripes to get the fabric needed for the vertical stripes for the slit. But I still wanted rust at the bottom.
My Grandmother would be proud.