Well, to be honest, this is a disillusionment, in more than one sense. First, I bought the fabric online last year, from the UK. I can't remember the exact shop, it could be Stone Fabrics, but I am not sure... I have looked their website now (and some others) and it is not there any more. I remember it was Robert Kaufman's, and I also can recall the disappointment in the colour of it. If I can get the right colour with my S10 phone, how come they cannot get the right colour in their pictures??? I was looking fore something paler, closer to classical medium coloured denim. The good part is the fabric is still beautiful, in spite of the too flashy blue, because of the sewn in white dots. Well, that for the first disappointment.
But there are more.
I saw this pattern in a BurdaStyle magazine, held by my local bibliobus (which I totally adore). I am eternally looking for the perfect gathered-at-the-waist dress. Not found it yet, I am always trying a new one and having to do major adjustments. This particular one was thought for viscose, so the 1st fitting was hilarious (in the opposite sense). To the button stand and opening at the front starting point modification, I had to lower the waist 4 cm all around, and take A LOT of fabric off the skirt. The only good news is that sleeves were perfect, and the open front and v-neck were too. But then I cut too much fabric off, and I had almost not fabric to gather. I almost flunked it to the bin! It was a complete failure, it looked like a sack, and not in the good sense.
Luckily, I had the brilliant idea of tightening the upper bodice 8 cm in total at the waist, and this gave some more figure and some more skirt gather! Few!
I finished the dress in cold weather, and I could only wear it once. The pictures were taken after working in it all day and sitting in a bar some more. It wrinkles in an ugly way, is the last of my disappointments. So, I do not know it this will get much wear or not, we will see. Update: who'd know this would end up being one of my favourite dresses? I love it! I feel great wearing it, it combines wonderfully with my grey wool jacket and I'd make it again with some spotted corduroy I've seen online, if I hadn't thrown the pattern away after so many major changes. So, great dress, still looking for this pattern.
