I spent so so much to bring my patterns to the community and barely made any sales. I really need a partner to release patterns with as it requires a ton of effort, time, and motivation to release creations into the ether. In closing down my sewing pattern side of business, I realized that it took all the fun out of making for me. 20 were heavily influenced by sewing instagram, albeit marvelous to connect with community, I found it incredibly distracting on staying focused on my aesthetic and what I want to sew for fun. It seems like in 2022, I can use all the fitting knowledge I expanded on since 2010 to current and work from my toiles to make garments I love and wear. Making a toile is something I do 95 percent of the time but in 20 I lost a lot of steam in the toile process.
#Smultron dress mods
I tend to confuse easily, so I spend a good few evenings reading and re-reading pattern instructions until I am fairly certain I know where things will be cut and what mods to make. The reason I lined up to the selvedge initially was not only a worry of space but also a worry that on my limited floor space I would miss the true bias and cut the pattern off grain, skewing everything. I lined it up to the selvedge edge because I worried about running out of space but had a solid 5 inches left therefore, the next dress will not be lined up to the direct corner. Shortening the straps also reduced the gaping at the underarm I noticed on other makers dresses on IG.
I also am unable to turn straps with a loop turner or other methods (no I don’t need suggestions, I went to school for this and am simply not good at it), so I did a fold over and stitch method. The straps ended up being one of the straps because I found them way too long for where I prefer dresses to hit bust wise. Now that I can afford quality materials, I am going to keep most of my fabric shopping with Merchant and Mills and Tessuti as I am very sensorial and prefer the weight, quality, and feel of their linens and silks. To stay on track, I make sure I label the pattern pieces with side back, and CB, etc, to prevent this from occurring. I noticed this on this make, and with the Hallon dress as pieces one and two are not mirrored but face the same direction. One really confusing thing that I have observed in sewing two of Sanna’s patterns now is that F & B pattern pieces seem to both be facing the same direction, which means, if you are not particularly careful, you may seam the wrong sides together. I am used to working with a lot of notches to match up seams properly (from training in school), and the next time I make this I will true up the seams and add notches to ensure everything works out the way I anticipated. I ended up using my very special gingham fabric for this make from Merchant and Mills and it is 140cm (59”), making the ability to not cut a bias dress on the fold a puzzle in my small California living space with so much on the floor from our recent move.Īfter lengthening I realized I should have checked the side seams because they did not match up and I was left with some excess I need to trim away. I lengthened the dress by 14” as per Sanna’s Instagram tutorial as we are the same height 170cm (5’7”). My friend is taller than me, but I knew the length of the dress would likely work in our favor. In this case, because the dress was bias, I omitted this to see how it would sit on my body. I love the style of view A but think elastic is a friend of Satan and avoid wearing it and/or sewing with it at all costs. As a mercurial being, anything that requires my fast-moving brain to remember is a lost cause and I will end up with a high low dress quicker than you can say “bananas.”
I could not trust myself to remember to lengthen the dress so I took the time to trace off the lengthened pieces and even used the second printing of this pattern to create a duplicate copy so I would not worry about cutting on the fold. Despite minor hiccups in the process, my heart swelled as it came together so quickly, and with ease. This was the first project in such a long time where I felt absolutely content sewing it. Oh this dress, the moment I saw it I knew.
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