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Ok, that’s not quite my first venture, as I’ve started a Kimono-style jacket, but this is my first attempt at a “proper” printed pattern (one that comes in an envelope and is worse than a map to refold!) \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

The pattern is the Ruby Dress from Love Sewing<\/a> magazine, and the fabric? Well I didn’t want to spend a fortune on fabric only to find that the dress didn’t fit, so I bought a single duvet cover for just under 6 pounds, washed it, then unpicked the seams to leave me with two large pieces of fabric. One of those was just enough to make the dress \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

\"DuvetNow there’s a slight problem with the fit at the moment – I’m not sure if it’s just my measuring, my wonky seam allowance, or a quirk in the pattern, but using what I deemed to be the correct sizing, it’s an inch out at the back (oops!). So, I’m working on using the other part of the duvet cover to make a second<\/del> third bodice that I can then attach to the existing skirt, and hopefully that’ll fit! The second one I tried was closer – the back pieces meet, but not enough to allow any seam allowance for the zip.<\/p>\n

I’ll get there in the end though!<\/p>\n

At the moment this project is shelved, as I want to try working on a pattern for a slightly less fitting top, and a shirt –\u00a0I’m hoping that those patterns will\u00a0help me learn how to shape the bodice of the dress, so I can get the darts in the right place, and finally have a zip I can do up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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