Some time ago I bought this gorgeous viscose by Mind the Maker, and it sat in my small stash for more than a year waiting for the perfect project.
Then, one day I saw this wonderful Clio dress in The Fold Line and I loved the wide, feminine silhouette... I searched the Burdastyle website for similar dresses and I found just the perfect one. I only had to eliminate the straps in the back, and add a flounce at the bottom. I took the magazine on loan from my local library and there: a free pattern!
Right on the first fitting, with paper pattern pieces over my dress-form, I realized the shoulders were too wide, so I modified the front and back bodice arm scythes, taking 2.5 cm from the shoulders' width at the top. I like my sleeve caps to begin in my shoulder tips, no down in the middle of my upper arm.
For the flounce at the bottom, I cut two rectangular pieces 1,5 times bigger than the skirt of the dress where they were attached.
The final result is perfect, a copy of my inspiration Clio dress. I can wear it over some black tights and bodysuit or for warmer weather, with nothing underneath, showing my good old cleavage.
