Twirly Dress Vogue V8577

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I cut this dress out a couple of months ago, it was the end of a very busy day and I had an urge to do something just for me before the day was over.
The pieces then sat in a little pile mocking me for a few weeks before I next had some time to sew them up. That's when I realised I'd lost the instructions! I must've thrown them away with all the scraps that evening when I cut them out.
I sat on my bedroom floor laying out the pieces and figuring out my order of work as I worked on making sure I tailor tacked everything. No instructions meant I was going to have to rely on pattern markings, the pattern envelope drawings and luck.

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The bodice is lined, and the skirt is made up of four pieces, plus the pieces for the pockets, which have pocket bands, I'll admit that was quite a puzzle with no instructions. I'm not the most spacially aware seamstress. Thankfully, the pattern markings helped me a lot and I figured it out after a bit of head scratching.

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The skirt is super twirly thanks to the front and side panels being circle style, and then the back panel also gathered into the bodice.

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The fabric is 100% quilting cotton, with broderie anglais collar and pocket bands.
Overall I'm pretty happy with how this turned out. I don't usually like having my middle aged arms on show, and probably will throw on a cardigan unless I'm feeling super confident or it's very hot.

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6 comments

  1. You aren't middle aged. Great twirl.

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    1. Ha Ha! How old is middle aged these days?I thought I counted at 44.

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  2. The dress is gorgeous as are you, bit of leg showing there ;-). Great fit too. Of course you threw the instructions away for the pattern with awkward bits - it would never have been the instructions for a simple pattern with no 'design details'! Jx

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    1. Sod's law eh? I never lose anything either, especially pattern instructions.

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  3. Hi just found your blog via We Sew Retro..don't suppose you could add the Bloglovin' button to the site so I can follow via that reader?!

    Thanks
    Jason

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  4. Great dress and fab pictures, you look beautiful.

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