Having spent weeks knitting the fairisle top I wanted to make something which would be quick! So this is another version of the McCalls dress I wrote about here. This is made from an Alexander Henry quilting weight fabric which I bought years ago, probably mail ordered from the States because I had 3.2m of it (which is 3.5 yards). That's not a length I would buy from a vendor who sells using metric measurements.
I used the whole length for this dress. I recut the back bodice to be in two parts with a centre seam, and also brought the side seams in from the last version I made, and made the neckline a bit wider. So this is a real mish-mash - size 14 shoulders / bodice length, size 10 armholes and size 12 side seams. Rather than use the pattern pieces the skirt is two 26" long full widths of the fabric and the frill uses three 13" full widths. This means there is slightly more fabric in both the skirt and the frill than would be the case if I'd used the pattern pieces, but I didn't want any leftover fabric and doing this meant that I used the entire 3.2m. I also added Felicia pockets as before.
I'm really pleased with this - I probably won't wear it until the spring, but I'm glad to have finally sewn up this fabric!
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