I have seen some good reviews for Vogue 1353 recently and thought I would give it a try. I have had some so-so dress successes lately. Which have resulted in a finished dress in my closet that I don't wear. Out of the last 4 dresses, 3 have been full-on MEH. Here is the finished dress. I like it and I have actually worn it to work. Yay! None of the last four have made it out of the house.
Even the back is nice. I put a purchased elastic belt with the dress and I think it really finishes it off nicely.
Here is the picture on the pattern, which brings me to my only real beef with this pattern. Look at how thin this model is. Seriously. Let your eyes wander to my photo. Then to hers. Then to mine. Now to hers. I want to take her home and feed her. She looks like she would have to gain 20 pounds to be normal weight. Why do we keep letting ourselves be told that this poor, malnourished thing is what we should be striving towards?
The Details:
- Fabric: cotton gingham on sale for about 4.00 a yard (3 yards). Total cost was under $20.00. The lining was super-cheap and something I had on-hand in a white poplin.
- Zipper: the pattern calls for an invisible zipper, but I put in a lapped zipper because I would have had to go to the store and deal with the OUTSIDE. Not into it. Voilà. Lapped it is. There is a great free tutorial on it on Craftsy. Craftsy Mastering Zipper Techniques Class
- Facings: The pattern called for a facing on the hems of both the lining and the dress. I didn't put them in. I just turned the hem on the skirt twice and serged the lining edge. I actually made it a lot shorter than the skirt... I didn't have much lining fabric and didn't want to buy any more.
- Length: I made this just past my knees. The pattern has it just above, but that length doesn't look good on me.
Here is the lapped zipper... and the matching (sort of) stripes. With the pleats, it was impossible to match the stripes vertically, but I did my best horizontally. It was the first time I tried to match stripes or plaids.
Beautiful! And it looks definetly better on you than on the model. I didn't even take a closer look on Vogue's new patterns yet because of this thin model...
ReplyDeleteI am ashamed to say I didn't notice how thin she was until I was putting the photo on this blog post. Then I compared her and me and saw how emaciated she is.
DeleteYou look gorgeous:) Love it.. you know the reason I didn't buy this pattern was because of the stupid model! Surely its photoshopped, look at her bloody arms!! GRRR
ReplyDeletebut you are gorgeous;)
Thanks... I KNOW. It is the arms, isn't it. No fat or muscle or anything. I hope it is photoshopped.
DeleteI'm making this dress right now and I know another blogger is too, LOL! I love your gingham version, so cute! This is a great dress pattern IMO.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I can't wait to see yours... I am now following your blog on Bloglovin. 'y a pas trop de blogs bilingues. Ravie d'avoir trouve le tien.
DeleteVery cute. Yeah the pattern model needs to eat all them cakes I've been eating hehe
ReplyDeleteToo funny! I agree! She can eat all the chocolate and have the 10 pounds I gained in the last year, too.
DeleteOh I love your dress! ANd I agree that model could gain 15 pounds and still be too thin!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous dress, and I love the pattern too, I hadn't noticed it before. And great job on matching the stripes on the lapped zipper.
ReplyDeleteI have this pattern too, I think I mostly bought it because I like the fabric, but this super thin model is on other patterns too, those arms are too much to even look at.
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