Just in the nick of time, my dress was finished for my sister-in-law’s wedding reception – and my frantic pace sewing to get it done was well worth it! I’m in love with this dress.
For this pattern I used a size 8 and made minimal modifications. The only thing that I did was take a little over an inch off the skirt length. I had contemplated taking up the bodice length some as well since I was worried about how plunging the neckline was, but decided that I didn’t have time to fiddle with it and left it ‘as is’. The neckline is low, but not revealing and frankly, it looks darn sexy. Overall, the fit is great and I felt fantastic wearing it – it’s a great wrap dress pattern! You can check out a more detailed review of my pattern here.
The fabric was also fantastic to work with – it’s comfortable to wear, has a great amount of stretch and was a dream to work with. If you’ve shied away from working with knits, I highly recommend you contacting Ann about what she’s got in stock – if they’re all like this particular fabric, you’ll never have a fear of stretch again (I also recomend Emma One Sock’s buttermilks, but beware since it’s polyester it won’t breathe like a cotton)!
I also have to send out a HUGE thank you to Bernadette – she not only found the mini calculators that I was looking for in this post, but sent me two of them! Thank you so much, they are PERFECT!
I Love the Dress Stacy! Great job 🙂 Looks rather comfy (and sexy…) 🙂 Kris
And well you should love this dress! When you first showed the pattern, I knew it would be a winner. It is a sexy-looking dress…wear lots of those while you’re young!
I have a question. I have shied away from knits because I do not own a serger. Do you think you would have been able to make your dress and sew on that fabric successfully with just a sewing machine? Let me know. Maybe I’ll branch out and try sewing with knits. I love to wear knits.
Thanks!
PS: The dress looks really great!
The dress turned out awesome and what a fabulous print! Well done!
That *is* one sexy dress. Don’t you just love it when you finish a project that you know is a winner and then its confirmed when you feel good wearing it? Looks like you and your hubby need a date night so you can wear it again.
Your dress looks fantastic!
Yes definitely try some knits! I’ve found that ‘quality’ knits makes a huge difference in sewing – stay away from the $1 table at Walmart for awhile, some of them are really unfriendly! LOL. I started getting more confidence sewing knits when I tried out Emma One Sock buttermilks (very user friendly) I mostly made this one with my regular machine, but I did use a serger for the side seams.
D-a-n-g. Smokin’!
The dress turned out AWESOME! I love wrap dresses!
Very impressive lady! What no pictures of you & Brett at the party???? I have to ask though did you notice that the fabric was see through? Did you need to wear a slip or was it ok without? Is the top a double layer or just one? I am contemplating making the New Look 6674 (the view with the contrast band) but I wasn
Ohhh, I love this dress! You’re so talented.
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Thanks everyone! No, no pictures of Bret and I – I brought the camera, but only took photos of the cake cutting and first dance. I never even thought to have someone take pictures of us (Taylor was too busy dancing – she had to have boogied to 90% of the songs)!
I didn’t wear a slip with it. It’s a bit sheer, but not too much so that I needed to wear something under it. The dress itself has one layer on the left side and is a double layer (the bodice top and drape) on the right, that may have helped keep the sheerness down too.
The dress looks fantastic. I love black & white together.
Glad you received/liked the tiny calculators. Maybe you can make some green jello magnets for your “Office” friends. haha. Or a set of jello earrings. hahaha
(I found them at A.C. Moore – a regional craft chain. Their stores are not super large so they don’t have everything but they do have have weekly sales and coupons. Last week I spotted several copies of the newest “Craft” but they were all gone today. I already subscribe anyway. They’d had a “midnight madness” sale – 25% off everything last night. I did not go to that. Too tempting.)
Whoa! Gorgeous dress!!
That is one gorgeous dress! I love it. The fabric is beautiful, too.
Oh wow, this looks FABULOUS!!
I just got this pattern to make this dress. Your is SO beautiful!
I bought this fabulous silver metallic, metallic being in for the season and all…
Thanks for the inspiration!