June Dress....in October

Wow, it was a beautiful fall day today! Good thing I am finishing up a light weight linen dress :). It seems that life has interfered with my grand dress making plans. I recently started a new job and that has monopolized all my time until today. Finally, I got behind my sewing machine and raced the needle through some fabric.

When I had sewn together the initial pieces of the dress, I wasn't too impressed. Actually, that is probably why it took me so long to finish it. It was looking too tunic-esk and that wasn't what I had envisioned.

After starting and stopping twice today, I finally hit some inspiration. By chance, I decided to make a fold down the front of the dress and it looked good! I pinned it and sewed it (being totally aware that I would probably have to take the whole thing out). This happens a lot when I am sewing! And my winging-it style of sewing continues by this random reinforcement of good outcomes. Remember my motto: Measure never, cut thrice!

It is clear from my dress making that I like V-necks, so why fight it. I also managed to get pockets in there. I'm still having trouble with the pockets stretching across my hips. Perhaps I need to move the them up and in, so that they aren't fighting my shapely body. I'm also struggling with collars. Actually, I hate them. It is the one place everyone looks and it is so easy to make a mistake on! I still think I can get around it without doing it the traditional way. This might be my collar making undoing. :)

This dress fits almost all the requirements I have in dresses. It is a nice print, has sleeves, pockets, and could be worn to work or for fun. All it is missing is a liner. However, in summer I probably won't need it.

Hopefully, I'll have to the time to catch up on all my dresses this month. I'm going to try at least. Let's see if I can sneak in some costume making!