So The Sweetheart Sundress is my first from Gertie's book. I got so inspired by this dress with red buttons down at the back, and slashed into my black and white gingham fabric that I've had for ages. I didn't reflect on adding seam allowances or not, as it didn't say anything on the pattern pieces. Also, I had read in the book it says (p. 125) that Unless otherwise noted, all the projects in the book are constructed using a 5/8"- (1.5 cm-) wide seam, and regarded that as an advice. I happily added 1.5 cm in the side seams (except the centre back where I added 3 cm in each side to get the overlapping button placket). I was really eager to try it on to see how the fit was...
Something is wrong, and I bet it is the fact that every seam now has 3 cm seam allowance, adding up to 12 cm too many... I am really happy with the front, though, so I will try to remove the seam allowances from the sides only. The back suffers from having too much fabric in the height grain, creating the classic sway back fabric fold, and I will do my best to remove that too. Here's a teaser of how the back will look like:
3 comments:
Good luck lovely lady!!! Hang in there, this dress is clearly going to be a stash-busted beaut xxx
Thanks, Zoe! It looks like it'll turn out nice, and I've also been a good girl and altered the pattern...
This is going to be lovely - love the gingham and red button combo
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