Long Flowery Viscose Dress

 I bought this viscose jersey in Porto last summer, in Feira Do Tecidos. I bought 3 metres thinking about the Sirocco jumpsuit I'd seen around, but finally I changed my mind and opted for a long dress. Jumpsuits can be an annoyance to go to the toilet and are tricky in terms of figure... I have an inverted waist, so I chickened out. And I am glad I did, because this has resulted a wonderful long dress. 

I used an old patten from BurdaStyle magazine (best fitting patterns EVER) I had used in two previous occasions for shorter dresses... I've looked back in my blog, and they are not here, so they must be previous to my blogging. 

I planned to use the wrap bodice for the Sirocco jumpsuit and then some jersey darted pants, so I stuck to the bodice and sleeves from Burda, and used its skirt too, but making it long to my feet and A shaped, as much as the fabric permitted. 

I also added some ease at the top of the skirt, and the gathered it a little bit. The pattern had fitting darts in the back, so I gathered that extra fabric too. 

I added some belt, knotted at the back, put some elastic thread along the neck opening to prevent it from gathering.

The result is a stunning dress, comfortable, wearable, classy, cool... I love it. I wore it to work in my school and also for Sunday activities, like the Barcelona Knit Festival, where I bought some gorgeous wool your hear soon enough about.