Proof of Concept.

This dress, above, is this dress:

And it works! It worked so well, in fact, that now I want to sew it over and over again (this happens to me a lot — when I have a hammer, everything looks like a nail).

I think I’ll sew it in this, next:

(Except mine is lawn, not the twill in this photo, which I ganked from the Internet because I am too lazy to photograph more than one thing of an evening.)

So we can consider the concept as proved, and move on to implementation. It actually went together wonderfully; all the seams matched without too much tsuris, and I only had to resort to the first tier of expletives to get the zipper in. I did forget to put a pocket in the side skirt seam, but that’s an easy alteration on this dress as it has a back zip, not a side one. I let out the side seams by 2/3 inch, total, and it fits EXACTLY.

I’m still not sold on the color of this dress (is it orchid? lavender? ashes of roses?) even though I wore this on television (!, and no, it wasn’t for dress A Day) last night, with a yellow vee-neck cardigan sweater. I’m thinking I might have looked like a big Easter egg, but I’m too chicken (no pun intended) to go watch the TiVo and see.

Even though I made it up in a solid, I think this is really a pattern for prints, if I can match the skirt seams well. The large expanse across the bodice is better for showing off a gorgeous print than a fussy vee, collared, or buttoned neckline would be. and after I finish making up the automobile print, I have another one in mind …. I wonder how many of these I can make before it gets silly?

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