Above is a dress that I made based on another favorite dress in my closet. I chose to start with this one because I wear it a lot and it seemed simple enough. Just a front piece, a back piece, a strip of fabric around the collar and two sleeves made from folded rectangles.
Silly me. Obviously, nothing is that simple. I ended up doing and re-doing the same sleeve three times.
But while there were some fails with the construction of this dress, there were also a few wins.
Fails : the sleeves don't quite fit into the sleeve holes which resulted in some bunching under the arms and a bit too much flaring out at the end. The collar piece doesn't lay flat which I think is because I didn't add enough curve when I cut the fabric.
Wins : the dress fits & is wearable. I tried a new seam closure at the shoulders that I thought was called french seams. (But now that I have googled the image, it turns out I made them a bit differently.) I love this finish and was pleased with how it turned out.
I am getting better. I still need a serger
Thank you to a few of you who suggested this book
Also thank you for humoring me through this sewing addiction.
enJOY it 
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