My Finished Swirl Dress!

I finished my swirl dress as part of Beccie's Swirl Dress Sew Along the morning after the deadline...ha...when I said in the last post I like working towards a deadline, I didn't say I was good at working towards a deadline :)

All photos in dress taken by Lucie Sprague :)

I was actually in a good spot a week or two before the deadline. Then I unexpectedly but excitingly moved into a new flat and at the same time caught a nasty cough. Lucky the dress was pretty simple and I was able to finish it off on the last day, to be included in the round up. It was great sewing along with these ladies and look forward to the next one!

Back view of dress 

Pocket Detail:
 I didn't wait to have a trim around the neckline of the dress, however the fabric pattern
was so busy I used a trim on the pockets do you could actually see them!

Trying to look natural with my hands in my pocket. I actually think I placed them a bit to high,
 so will move then down next time I use this pattern.

The neckline on this dress gaped slightly, which seemed to be a common problem in the group. Also my whole neckline turned out a whole lot smaller then the others, not really sure what happened there? Anyway because the print was so busy I pinched out the excess of fabric with two small darts. This wouldn't look so good on a plain fabric so I looked up this great tutorial from bernie and i to alter the pattern.  

Project Notes

Pattern: McCall's 5144, $6 for pdf file

Fabric: From stash, about $5 from a studio fabric sale

Habby/ Trims: Button and Cotton Bias Binding from stash

Pattern Alterations: Extended the bodice by 1.5cm, lowered the 

arm hole to make a bigger opening and took in the neckline with two darts.

Total Cost: $11

Tomorrow was the original deadline for Carla's Vintage Pajama Party Sew Along.  Lucky for me the deadline has been extended for another week, as I've only managed to cut out the fabric for my robe so far!

Again its a pretty simple pattern so should be easy to finish up in the next week. I really hope I didn't just jinks myself ;)