We actually had a proper, hot, summer this year which was wonderful. As I write this it's grey and raining outside, but given that it's late November I guess that's to be expected. Doesn't make it any easier to bear though. I hate grey, damp, dark days. Anyway, I don't want to dwell on that now - I have too many posts to catch up on to go off on a rant at the moment.
Firstly, some sewing - this dress I finished in early June.
I decided to use the bodice of SewOverIt Betty. However, the first time I made this pattern (here) I found the bodice wasn't a great fit, and that, combined with the fact that I've decided that circle skirts aren't really great for my lifestyle, means that dress has now gone to the charity shop, which is a shame, becaused I loved the fabric.
So for this one the alterations I made were to lower the armholes by half an inch and redraw the shoulder straps to bring them further in to the centre back, also by half an inch. It now fits much better, but is still not quite right.
The skirt is from a vintage pattern, Simplicity 3749 - I had to adjust the centre back and side front skirt pleats to fit the bodice waistline, but this is not a difficult change to make.
I used all of the 2.2m I had of this fabric which I bought in Barry's in Birmingham during the 2015 SewBrum meet up and I'm really pleased with how it turned out - I love this colour.
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