Woo! Anna dress done, finished in time for By Hand London's sew-along grand finale, but not photographed or blogged until now for reasons of laziness/moving chaos/international travel and adventure.
I am super jazzed about this dress because the pattern fit pretty much perfectly right out of the envelope. No back gaping problems like others seemed to have. I didn't make any (purposeful) alterations, although I think I may have accidentally decreased the seam allowance on the back center seam a bit to 3/8 inch when I inserted the zipper. No biggie. I may have to add some bra strap stays, I think, because the neck is a teeny bit wide.
The dress was quite easy to put together, even with the dreaded facings. Although I will say, damn Gina!, there was a lot of seaming in that skirt (check out the dress innards below)... my serger was like, "Dude. Seriously.":
This Anna is basically serving as a wearable muslin for me because I used some soooooper cheap fabric that I picked up here at a shop in Bangkok's Sampeng area. I think its a cotton blend of some sort, pretty lightweight. Guess how much it cost. Just guess... 3 meters for 100 baht (about $3)! Niiiice.
I'm pretty happy with my final product! Things I need to work on: pattern matching (although the 7 part skirt probably made that unusually difficult) and invisible zipper insertion. My invisible zipper is certainly not invisible and it catches a little bit, but ya know, it's a muslin. And it was my first invisible zipper, so I'll call it a win because it goes up and down, ish. In any case, I'm psyched to wear the dress out and about!
