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I'm a model - in Simplicity #1103

7/27/2015

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I've fallen a bit off my New Year's resolution to sew something for myself every month this year. But, actually I HAVE been sewing things, but couldn't show you until now, because they were things for the American Sewing Guild Conference two weeks ago.



So, since it was my first time attending this event, I decided to go for the full experience!  When the call went out for people to participate in a fashion show, I said to myself "why not?"
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I had this fun Michael Miller border print I bought a little over a year ago and have been wanting to make it up for while.
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Deborah Kreiling and Bonnie Simmons at Simplicity thought this pattern would work well with a border print. The skirt of view A, the white dress, is a perfectly straight piece which the border print can lay on.
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I had to make a muslin. No room for mistakes because only I had two yards, period. Less than the pattern calls for. Good thing, too, because when I made the muslin, I found out the front opening gapped on me.
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So I pinned it in like this ...
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which solved the problem.
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These are the changes I needed to make on the pattern.
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When it came time to cut it out, I eliminated the skirt seam and the seam that joins the center front bodice to the front skirt by overlapping these pieces on their stitching lines. This was to keep the border as much in one piece as possible.
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Doing this kind of messed up the pleats marked on the fabric, but I modified them to work.


I really like this dress!
3 Comments
Maureen
7/27/2015 05:39:28 am

That really does do justice to your beautiful fabric. Marvelous results - you make it look so easy!

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Paula Aiello
7/27/2015 06:45:03 am

Looks really nice in a border print. I used to love them ... glad they're coming back.

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Mi link
7/28/2015 03:30:22 am

This turned out really lovely! That's a super flattering cut on you, and it worked perfectly with your fabric.

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