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I added sleeves to this princess seam sheath dress. Sort of going for the Mad Men Joanie dress. The colour is off in the photo – it’s more of a teal green. And wow, I had to cut this dress way down! It turned out pretty good fit-wise. The arm holes are a bit weird at the back – I didn’t do a great job of shortening the bodice to accommodate my short waisted torso. Still, it turned out great and was a very easy pattern to sew. Will definitely make this again. Can’t wait to wear this to work!
Material Notes
Double knit stretch jersey. I eliminated the zipper and back split because of the stretch.
Difficulty
Intermediate
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Oct 16, 2012, 05.10 PMby nouvellegamine
Gorgeous! good job resizing too!
Apr 4, 2012, 12.29 PMby mcginnhold
Apr 4, 2012, 11.41 AMby iin
it look fab.
Apr 2, 2012, 03.18 AMby BrigetteForbes
Beautiful!
Apr 1, 2012, 03.43 PMby sunnilj9
So so fabulous! I love the fitted nature of your dress. You look dreamy – and very mad-menny. xoxo, Sunni
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Apr 2, 2012, 01.17 AMby fabgoddess
Thanks! So love it when a project turns out the way you’d hoped!
Apr 1, 2012, 11.43 AMby MusterSchnittchen
Absolutely lovely! How did you make the sleeves? lately I tried to make some for a self drafted pattern, I really failed…
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Apr 1, 2012, 03.20 PMby fabgoddess
Apr 1, 2012, 09.20 AMby MademoiselleP
This is a fabulous dress! Very flattering and such a great colour. Great job!
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Apr 2, 2012, 01.18 AMby fabgoddess
Thank you!
Apr 1, 2012, 08.21 AMby janetheclerk
this is lovely! is the top cut on the bias, as it seems to have a bit of a cowl? if not, how did you get that effect?
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Apr 1, 2012, 03.17 PMby fabgoddess
Thanks!! I didn’t resize the front panel enough so it’s actually just too big! Because it’s a double knit I just tucked the middle in put a little stay stitch to hold it to create a little drapy effect. Love happy mistakes!
Apr 1, 2012, 06.03 PMby janetheclerk
they really are the best :)
Apr 1, 2012, 07.15 AMby jadealamode
absolutely fabulous!! the colour looks great too
Apr 1, 2012, 06.49 AMby schnui
This is so lovely and very Madmen indeed. The colour is beautiful on you.
Apr 1, 2012, 04.12 AMby leahfranqui
OH, I love this! Such a nice fit!
Apr 1, 2012, 03.07 AMby fabgoddess
Aw thanks!