This photo is from the 13th June 2013. Mum had chosen this lovely printed Jersey from Sharmas in Nottingham back in February. She wanted a shift dress with a cowl neck. She chose this new look pattern as a basic style and we adapted it.
The pattern is for wovens, so we omitted the zip and I moved the bust dart and incorporated it into the cowl neck.
The fabric has been pinned to the pattern pieces for the last two years, and each time I've seen mum, I've asked if she'd made the dress. Which she hadn't. I think she was a bit wary of the jersey fabric.
After spending the weekend in London I have been spending a couple of days at mums and yesterday we finally made up the dress. I did the sewing and mum did the pressing. The sewing was done on a basic, but quite new Janome machine.
We didn't make many alterations to the fit, but the sleeve was a little bit too low and loose so I took a couple of inches in under the arm on the upper part of the side seam.
Mum wore the dress to go out for lunch today. I think it looks great and the colour suits her. What do you think?
Oh lovely, your mom looks fabulous. The fit is perfect and that pattern is fantastic.... worth the wait!
ReplyDeleteYour mum does look great! The colours suit her very well and the dress is very well made. The only change I might make is to make the hem shorter though it might just be the angle of the photo that covers up the legs.
ReplyDeleteI think she looks a bit of a natural in front of the camera; very relaxed.