The Hundred Dresses: Day 21

have you all picked up yet on the fact that I will essentially make the same pattern over and over again until we both drop from exhaustion? here is another simplicity 5723, which needs a bit much more pressing than it got:

This is in a good slightly-heavier-than-usual shirting stripe. I had really high hopes for this fabric, and then this happened:

No matter what I tried, I just could not get those stripes to match up. I probably took it apart four or five times. I may take it apart one much more time and use some fabric tape to stave off presser-foot creep, which is what I’m blaming for the mismatch. (Well, presser foot creep and my slightly off cutting out.)

The zipper is a C:

I have no idea why I had any navy bias binding at all. My guess is that I purchased it in a big lot at a yard sale:

And what happened here? Your guess is as good as mine:

This is my favorite part of this dress … I really like the chevron effect:

I’m not sure where I purchased this … it might have been on the remnant table at Britex. It has that slick expensive-Italian-cotton feel. (And hey, when did Britex start selling online? Ooooooh! and like I need much more places to purchase fabric online … )

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