knot front dress

Boy, have I been spoiled by Wiksten and Grainline patterns!  They hold my hand and walk me so nicely through each step - I forgot that's not what the "real world" of patterns is like!  I've recently discovered burdastyle.com and when I sat down to sew I had a moment of panic when I realized I had to read the foreign language of patterns again after so long.

Surprisingly, I didn't have to rip out a single stitch.

Pattern:  Dress With Knot Front
Fabric:  Dropcloth by Jay McCarroll for Free Spirit, purchased on etsy at Fresh Modern Fabric

Notes

• Piecing the downloaded pattern was difficult and I had to make a lot of adjustments, but I think that was mostly my own inaccuracies.
• This is a tall pattern, and even though I am 5'10" I took another 2.5" off the seam of the short version of the dress correction:  the pattern calls for a 1 7/8" hem allowance, but I chopped off 2.5" and THEN used a 2.5" seam allowance.
• The knot was surprisingly easy and pretty cool to make.
• I just eked out with enough fabric - I didn't notice that it calls for 55" wide fabric and took for granted that it would be standard with 44" - luckily this is an easy fabric to cut any direction so I was able to finagle a strange layout to make it work.
• I love the print, but the fabric itself doesn't have as much drape as I would like.
• The cut of the bust is a little risque unless you've got it all filled out up there!  Camisole underneath.
• Overall OK, but not my favorite creation, I think mostly because this is a silhouette that I kind of find a little boring.  I'm wondering how I could adjust it but still have it revolve around that nifty knot.

Not a great picture, but just to show the length...