My First Dress

I'm pretty excited about this dress! It actually fits, it's super comfortable, and nice and breezy. Oh and the length? It's not the most flattering length (ie doesn't hit at the smallest part of my leg) but it's practical for all of those mommy bend and snap picking up toys/food/little people moments.



No, I am not pregnant. Yes, I could afford to do more sit ups and yoga. Moving on. I used a Shade shirt to create a pattern for the top. I made it two layers b/c it's a little sheer (ie I cut two fronts and two backs, sewed them rst (and clipped the curves!), then treated each double layer as one piece and sewed the front and back together, rst). I top stitched around the sleeves but don't really care for how it looks so I left the neckline untopstitched. I basted and gathered a rectangle that was almost 1 1/2 times around me and sewed it to the top portion. I love this lightweight knit. The stripes are horizontal on the top portion and vertical on the "skirt" portion. The hem is raw (ie unfinished) so I can always trim it if I decide I need it to be shorter.



I am also awesome at modeling. ha ha ha.



A surprisingly decent self portrait.





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