I haven't had to take it apart and put it back together again as many times as Lucia's cherry dress, which is made from the same pattern, but it's still been a bitch.
The hefty, denim-weight fabric will be great for keeping Beatrice warm this winter when she wants to wear a dress on a cold day, and the print is simply delightful, but being thick and substantial created problems when it came time to band the collar seam. The bias tape I made from scratch didn't have enough give, so I cannabilized some yellow jersey left over from the summer wardrobe project. The result is "don't look too closely," but it works.
I was really proud of myself this afternoon when I got the skirt attached to the bodice but quickly realized that the pockets opened to the back of the dress instead of the front, proving once again that no project is complete until the seam ripper makes an appearance.
The skirt has been reattached with proper orientation of pockets, and the project actually looks like a dress.
I still have to hem it and do the buttons and buttonholes, but that's why we have tomorrow, and I'm too tired to embark on such tasks this evening.
The buttons are vintage - I found them Ma-Ma Harris' sewing box, and they're probably 40 years old. Beautiful, simple, and perfect for this dress. I ordered bee-shaped art buttons from Amazon, but with the print fabric and everything else going on with this design, a simple, beautiful, neutral button is in order.
Fifty cents for four buttons? Yes, that was a long time ago.
