Here's the other half of that purple gray cotton sheet that I made my first shirt dress from. Like it's twin, it is also a dress but this one is made from a tunic pattern that I got from Japanese book called Everyday Camisole. This is my favorite pattern from this book: I've made two dresses from it. I have always loved tunics and in sewing my own and lengthening them to dress length I discover a shape that works well with my body. The genius of shapeless shifts is that it can just suggest a gleam of a shape without feeling like you are lying unlike wonder bras and other helpful wardrobe devices which suggests a shape that is not even really there. We need the help once in a while but it's a reprieve that these shapeless shifts are in fashion these days.

The solid color and the simple shape does however give it a hospital gown look to it. I realize that so the plan is to hand-stamp a leaf motif around the collar and the hem like this Calypso dress to give it interest. Maybe next weekend.
I continue to be plagued with the inability to sew inset sleeves so I modified the sleeves using the batwing tutorial from Lauriana. I also added Nayantara pockets.

This was also my maiden voyage with japanese patterns. I bought the book on etsy. The sales pitch always tell you: No translations but that if you have some sewing skills the instructions are easy to follow. I had doubts but the fine print turns out to be true. One important thing to note though is that these patterns do not provide seam allowances so make sure you add those when you finalize your patterns. It also helped that I had cutout the JJ's bodice block to make sure I was on track with sizing.

old cotton sheet