This pattern was relatively easy but you do have to go slowly. Measure yourself carefully beforehand and make sure you have the right size pattern, because of the way the pattern pieces are shaped it is difficult to alter. However it can be done in the waist/hip area by enlarging or shrinking the back panel piece just a bit. It’s very flattering. I love the way this dress came out!
Rated 3 out of 5
Monique –
I thought it looked liked a sack. There was a lack of definition between the waist and hip. It wasn’t flattering.
Rated 3 out of 5
Corrie –
This dress seems to have been meant for a relatively waist-less figure, and as I am 34-24-34, it did not fit right. There was too much material at the waist, and the belt only bubbled it up weirdly above the derriere. As the pattern pieces are very strangely shaped, there seems to be no way to remedy this. I made this dress in a very wonky satin material, and I cannot over-emphasize the need for hand-basting. This dress has a lot of top-stitching, and a bias-cut section, so if you don’t baste first, it will pull out of shape. I sewed the back drape pieces into the skirt, instead of top-stitching them onto the outside which produces an impossibly tight, floor-length nightmare. If I made this dress again, I would skip the facing, which shows in back, and just cut two of the bodice pieces instead. All in all, this was a mediocre, disappointing dress.
Rated 3 out of 5
Corrie –
This dress seems to have been meant for a relatively waist-less figure, and as I am 34-24-34, it did not fit right. There was too much material at the waist, and the belt only bubbled it up weirdly above the derriere. As the pattern pieces are very strangely shaped, there seems to be no way to remedy this. I made this dress in a very wonky satin material, and I cannot over-emphasize the need for hand-basting. This dress has a lot of top-stitching, and a bias-cut section, so if you don’t baste first, it will pull out of shape. I sewed the back drape pieces into the skirt, instead of top-stitching them onto the outside which produces an impossibly tight, floor-length nightmare. If I made this dress again, I would skip the facing, which shows in back, and just cut two of the bodice pieces instead. All in all, this was a mediocre, disappointing dress.
Loren –
This pattern was relatively easy but you do have to go slowly. Measure yourself carefully beforehand and make sure you have the right size pattern, because of the way the pattern pieces are shaped it is difficult to alter. However it can be done in the waist/hip area by enlarging or shrinking the back panel piece just a bit. It’s very flattering. I love the way this dress came out!
Monique –
I thought it looked liked a sack. There was a lack of definition between the waist and hip. It wasn’t flattering.
Corrie –
This dress seems to have been meant for a relatively waist-less figure, and as I am 34-24-34, it did not fit right. There was too much material at the waist, and the belt only bubbled it up weirdly above the derriere. As the pattern pieces are very strangely shaped, there seems to be no way to remedy this. I made this dress in a very wonky satin material, and I cannot over-emphasize the need for hand-basting. This dress has a lot of top-stitching, and a bias-cut section, so if you don’t baste first, it will pull out of shape. I sewed the back drape pieces into the skirt, instead of top-stitching them onto the outside which produces an impossibly tight, floor-length nightmare. If I made this dress again, I would skip the facing, which shows in back, and just cut two of the bodice pieces instead. All in all, this was a mediocre, disappointing dress.
Corrie –
This dress seems to have been meant for a relatively waist-less figure, and as I am 34-24-34, it did not fit right. There was too much material at the waist, and the belt only bubbled it up weirdly above the derriere. As the pattern pieces are very strangely shaped, there seems to be no way to remedy this. I made this dress in a very wonky satin material, and I cannot over-emphasize the need for hand-basting. This dress has a lot of top-stitching, and a bias-cut section, so if you don’t baste first, it will pull out of shape. I sewed the back drape pieces into the skirt, instead of top-stitching them onto the outside which produces an impossibly tight, floor-length nightmare. If I made this dress again, I would skip the facing, which shows in back, and just cut two of the bodice pieces instead. All in all, this was a mediocre, disappointing dress.