Project #6 - brown knit dress - part 2

Picture time

Here it is - front, side, and back views.

Also notice the lovely sandals - those are the ones I ordered from Zappos a few days ago; we picked them up from the post office this morning. They are so comfy and pretty, I immediately went back to Zappos and ordered another pair - in a color called "soft silver" that looks beige on my monitor.

Brief review: As I mentioned in my previous post, this is a morph of KS 3003 and KS 2612. I used size Small in both, with FBA and some side seam modifications. It looks exactly like what I had in mind when I started this project.

I haven't really sewn knits much in the last few years so the instructions for sewing the V-neckline came in really handy. I like how it turned out, although next time I make this dress, I'll have to remember to stretch the neckband more in the shoulder seam area and less at CB so that it lies nicer on my shoulders.

I used a lovely fabric called Double Knit Stretch (in color Java) from Nancy's Notions. The fabric is 67% polyester, 30% rayon, and 3% spandex. I bought it for a T-shirt a year or so ago. The T-shirt never materialized and it's a good thing, too, because now I have a great dress. Actually, the reason the T-shirt didn't come to be is because the fabric came wrapped in plastic. I know, I know, you're thinking "so? fabrics should always come wrapped in plastic so they don't get soaked if it rains." Except that somewhere between ordering the fabric and receiving it, I decided that it's going to feel really synthetic because of the high polyester content and that it would be really icky. So I didn't even touch it! Horrible, I know. I thought I could use it for a trial run of this pattern so imagine my surprise when I opened the bag and out came this beefy, smooth, cottony-soft fabric. Oh boy! It sews like butter, so easy to handle, never gave me a stitch of a problem. I love it. And now I ordered more - in charcoal gray, black, and heather blue. My new favorite knit. Not that I had an old one.

I am totally in love with this dress. The neckline is just perfect, the shoulder point where it's supposed to be, the skirt is airy and feminine. It has to be belted though because it looks kinda funny loose. Not bad, just not my cup of tea. The belt I'm wearing in the pictures doesn't really go with the dress, at least in my mind, but it was the only one I had in the right width (1.5"). It wasn't quite right with a skinny belt, chain belt didn't work either, and I can't wear a belt wider than 1.5" because there's just not enough room for it between my hip bones and ribs.

My husband took a bunch of pictures this time - he was playing a celebrity photographer complete with orders to look this way and that way and smile and don't smile, hehe, I'm no model so the poses are dorky but we had a lot of fun.