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Jalie 3352 Dress X2 . . .Fail

1/29/2020

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Scanning blogs, I came across Sew Sarah Smith's post of her beautiful Appleton dress in green stretch velvet, which she made for Christmas. A velvet Christmas dress sounded like such a lovely idea, I promptly headed to Cali Fabrics and bought some red stretch velvet.

I didn't have the Appleton, but I had 2 wrap dress in my pattern stash, Vogue 8379 and Style Arc Kate, plus a mock wrap, New Look 6301, all of which I haven't tried yet (I also have a couple Style Arc Slip on Suzies, but I have made 2 of them and I hate them...maybe the wrong fabric). I kept looking each of these over and fretting about not knowing what pattern adjustments I'd have to make and finally I said to hell with it, I'll just make another dress out of Jalie 3352. Actually, it was at my husband's insistence; he said "you look great in that dress" (although I don't agree).
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Oh, and I ran to Joann's for that trim to dress the dress up a bit. Ooh, this does not look good. Terrible pooling at the back, etc., etc. Maybe a different pattern...maybe lose 20 pounds, maybe I should not wear stretch velvet? Just saw another beautiful Appleton in blue stretch velvet at Sew Fearless. A wrap is way more suited to this fabric than a dolman-sleeve A-line dress!!! I bought an Appleton after emailing Cashmerette and asking if I could adjust so it would be a wee bit smaller. I got a nice response with specific suggestions and I'm looking forward to trying it.

UPDATE: I cut it down to a top. Good for Xmas and more comfortable to be in a shirt and pants. Still...not very flattering is it? Not sure it's worth trying this velveteen fabric again, even for a wrap dress...Jeez...I really don't like how this fits.
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