{"id":506,"date":"2013-10-10T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T10:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/wordpress\/?p=506"},"modified":"2014-12-30T00:54:02","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T00:54:02","slug":"finished-vogue-1236-misses-dkny-dress-with-belt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/?p=506","title":{"rendered":"Finished: Vogue 1236, Misses’ DKNY dress with belt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in March, I made a dress-type thing:<\/p>\n

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My second cousin Cindy, my Banana, and myself (in The Dress) at Keeneland’s opening day in April<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’m still in a bit of shock, really.<\/p>\n

It’s made from a textured striped Nanette Lepore cotton\/lycra blend. It’s a stiff fabric with a lot of body, so I hope it settles a bit with wear. Right now when I sit down, my dress likes to hike up a bit.<\/p>\n

I didn’t, despite my excellent intentions, make a muslin for this pattern, mainly because I purchased the larger size set and knew I would cut the smallest (16), which seems on paper to match my measurements. The fit in the bottom was great, but the top? Not so much. I took it in about 1\/2″ under the arms at either side, which helped a little. But the shoulders are set really wide, and it makes me think I probably could have used a 14, or even a 12, on top for a proper fit.<\/p>\n

I got to try out some really fun tricks with this pattern, including an all-in-one facing that saves you some hand-sewing (link<\/a> to tutorial I used), and my first-ever blind hem. I learned that a) the front facing for this pattern is drafted\u00a0seriously<\/em> short, and b) changing presser feet on my machine is super easy. The facing turned out pretty well, though I will have to remember to finish the raw edge of it before sewing my side seams next time (duh). I didn’t interface the front piece because my fabric was already so stiff, but I do wish I’d added a bit of length to help it keep from flipping. As it was, I tacked it to the back side of the bodice pleats to keep it in place.\u00a0I cut the dress pieces a bit longer so I’d have more leeway when hemming, and I’m glad I did. I wound up only hemming about 1″ rather than the recommended 1 1\/2″<\/p>\n

Though the pattern doesn’t explicitly instruct you to, I also stitched down my pleats. Glad I did, too. I also did honest-to-goodness belt loops rather than the thread ones the pattern recommended. I haven’t done the lingerie snaps yet, but given the aforementioned broad shoulders, I definitely will to prevent unsightly bra strap escape.<\/p>\n

Despite the fit issues, I really like the way this turned out. It’s comfortable, and the pattern is great for no-waisted ladies such as myself. I have to give a hearty thanks to patternreview.com and their fabulous community of sewists for all the reviews and tips. Basically every change that I made to this pattern was gleaned from their helpful reviews, not to mention the fact that every problem I faced with this (except messing up the pockets, that was all me) I was forewarned about. It’s a great resource.<\/p>\n

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Back in March, I made a dress-type thing:   I’m still in a bit of shock, really. It’s made from a textured striped Nanette Lepore cotton\/lycra blend. It’s a stiff fabric with a lot of body, so I hope it settles a bit with wear. Right now when I sit down, my dress likes to hike up a bit. I didn’t, despite my excellent intentions, make a muslin for this.. Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sewing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=506"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":670,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506\/revisions\/670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}