In what hopes to be, a very long line of vintage-esque sewing projects!
I'm currently working on McCall's 6503!
I chose this pattern for a few reasons. A: it was a work-friendly dress with what I felt was a strong vintage feel, B: it was an easier pattern, much more suited to someone who hasn't done much garment sewing in a very, very long time, and C: it was on SALE for $1.99 baby!!
So I grabbed this pattern and a few others to get the most out of the sale, and went over to the fabric section to pick something suited to the dress and my winning personality. After much debate with my darling fiance; I settled on this gingham and cherry print cotton. It had a fun feel to it and I hoped it would look decent on me.
I've been working on this dress on and off now for about a week now. It takes a bit longer than it would take the normal sewist because I'm a nursing mom to a 6 month old baby girl and also have a 4 year old son at home. Both of which need my undivided attention... all. the. time.
At this stage I've managed to get everything put together and have even gotten the zipper installed (which took at least 4 tries to get it right). Then I tried it on... and disaster struck. I swear I stared at this dress in the mirror for 30 minutes trying to figure out why I hated it. And boy did I hate it. I was so mad that I had wasted so much of my spare moments putting it together and the fit was awful. Then I lifted the shoulders and put the chest gathers where they were supposed to go. Suddenly, I was in love with the fit of the dress. It looked exactly like I felt it should. It was flattering in all the right places and the angels were singing Hallelulah.
So now the task at hand is to take the dress apart again and reshape the bodice so that it fits in that angel singing flattering way. This is the time when having a dress dummy would certainly come in handy.
To be continued...
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