Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Sewaholic 1403: Yaletown dress





I was lucky enough to pattern test this and I've been wanting to show it off since!

Its the new Sewaholic Yaletown dress and blouse. I made the dress mainly because I had enough fabric but I do want to make the blouse at a later date.

Fabric is a rayon from Darn Cheap Fabrics in Melbourne.


I made a sz16 with a couple of adjustments;
  • Graded out to a sz 18 at the bust/waist 
  • 1" FBA rotated down into gathers 
  • 1" wide back adjustment 
  • Took out 3cm of bodice length 
  • Shaped the bottom of the bodice (Once I had the bodice sewn I put it on, pinned out the gathers then marked a straight line around)
  • For once I didn't have to enlarge the sleeves so they are quite generous in size. 

I love this dress, it has pockets and an elastic waist that's hidden by the belt. I like that the facings are topstitched down so cant flip out and I like the added button at centre front to stop the wrap gaping. It such a pretty spring dress, just need some nice weather to wear it in!

18 comments:

  1. Lovely dress. Looks really good on you!

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  2. This dress looks fantastic on you. It's even tempting me to wear a dress!

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  3. I love the fabric you choose. The dress looks fantastic on you.

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  4. Love the dress! Great look with the blue fabric too

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  5. I love this! I just ran out and got this pattern yesterday, and haven't even thought about fabric yet! Yours looks perfect!

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  6. Gorgeous! :) I love the fabric and the style on you. I can only imagine how you were dying to show it off. :)

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  7. This is so, so, so lovely! It seems like such a wearable pattern, but I haven't tried any sewaholic patterns yet because I will also have to grade through the waist and hips. Was it tricky to grade?

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    1. Hi Megan, I did a really basic grade from the underarms down, adding about 1/2-1" on the side seams. As long as you add to the arms as well it all trues up (I tried to add a pic of it but it wouldn't let me, if I'm making no sense feel free to email me and I'll send you a few dodgy drawings!)

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  8. This pattern looks gorgeous on you!

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  9. Oh, I love it! I might have to track down this pattern, despite a desperate unneed for dresses. lol Seriously gorgeous make, and if I've said it once I've said it a thousand times - you look fantastic in blue!

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  10. It's a great fit Suzy. I can also see you make this up a few more times. It's really flattering.

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  11. Looks fantastic! Great work. I also got to pattern test this pattern, but it did not work for me. I have very large hips and a very small waist. Add to that my short-waistedness. I could possibly get it to work with a LOT of adjustments, but I was very over it. Plus I did the blouse - the dress might be better for my figure.

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  12. No wonder that you love it Suzy - you look brilliant! Such a pretty style on you.

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  13. Argh I love it!! My new favourite make of yours, for sure.

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  14. I LOVE this dress on you! And the fabric and color are wonderful as well. Beautiful!

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  15. Wow! I thought you were very quick off the mark with this one. This dress is perfect for you. Very flattering...you must make more.

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  16. Suzy, this is absolutely stunning on you! And those wedges are divine as well!

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